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                                    The places volcanoes seen



The World's Top 10 Volcanoes:

1.   Mount St. Helens - Washington State
2.   Mount Vesuvius - Italy
3.   Mt. Fuji - Japan.  Currently Dormant
4.   Mt. Kilauea & Mauna Loa - Hawaii
5.   Mount Kilimanjaro - Tanzania.  Currently dormant.
6.   Popocatepetl - Mexico
7.   Mount Etna - Greece
8.   Krakatoa - Indonesia
9.   Mount Pelee - Martinique
10. Alaska Volcanoes -  Shishaldin Volcano, Mount Redoubt, Mount Augustine, 
Mount Katmai


The Continental U.S. Top 10 Volcanoes:  

1.  Mount St. Helens, Washington State
2.  Mount Mazama - Crater Lake, Oregon
3.  Yellowstone Caldera, Wyoming
4.  Mount Rainier - Washington State
5.  Mount Lassen, California
6.  Mount Shasta, California
7.  Pikes Peak, Colorado
8.  Craters of the Moon - Idaho
9.  Devils Tower - Wyoming (volcano core)
10. Mount Hood - Oregon
11. Haystack Rock - Cannon Beach ( technically a lava flow formation )

Top 10 Geographic Places see in the United States

1. Yellowstone National Park
2. Grand Canyon
3. Mount St. Helens
4. Mount Rushmore
5. Devils Tower
6. Bryce Canyon
7. Redwoods National Forest
8. Yosemite
9. Crazy Horse
10.Crater Lake

                Mount Etna is a place in the province of catania, between Messina and catania where active strato volcano on the east coast of Italy. This Mount Etna lies above the convergent plate margin between the Eurasian Plate and African Plate. In European Continent it is the tallest active volcano, about 10,922 ft (3,329 m), but these varies with eruptions. In Italy south of Alps it is the highest mountain It covers an area of 459 sq mi (1,190 km sq) with a circumference of 140 km. Due to these reasons this makes it largest of the active volcanoes in a Italy it is being two and half times the height of Mount Vesuvius. The Mount Teide in Tenerife be greater than it in the whole of European-North-African region. According to the Greek mythology, the deadly monsters Typhon (the deadliest monster of Greek mythology) was trapped under this mountains by Zeus(the god of the sky and thunder and also the king of gods, and the Hephaestus (the Greek god of blacksmiths, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metals, metallurgy ,fire and volcanoes) forges were said to be located under it. Mount Etna is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. The fertile volcanic soils covering or affecting a large area of agriculture, with vineyards and orchards which is spread across the lower slopes of the mountains and also the broad plain of Catania to the south. By the history of recent activity and nearby population, the Mount Etna has been designated a Decade Volcano by the united Nations. It was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in June 2013.In 2012 the Mount Etna is erupting for the sixth time on that year with lava and plumes of smoke and ash from a new crater on the volcano’s southeast side
                        

              

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