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Volcanoes of the World Trivia Word Search

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One of the most dangerous volcanoes in North America, Popocatepetl looms near the capital of this country.

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Africa's second-highest peak, an extinct volcano, shares its name with the country it towers over.

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A broad, gently sloping volcano built up from fluid lava flows, like those found in Hawaii, is called a _ _ _ _ _ _ volcano.

This Colombian volcano's catastrophic 1985 eruption triggered mudflows that buried the town of Armero, and is known as Nevado del _ _ _ _.

This Chilean volcano's explosive 2015 eruption produced a dramatic lightning-filled ash column.

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This snow-capped, active volcano looms over the lakeside resort town of Pucon. In which South American country is it found?

CHILE

Considered sacred on both sides of the China-Korea border, this volcano holds a deep crater lake called Heaven Lake.

PAEKTU

Sicily is home to this volcano, the most active in Europe.

ETNA

A large, basin-shaped depression that forms after a volcano's summit collapses is called a _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

CALDERA

One of South America's most active volcanoes, this Chilean peak is popular with climbers for its steady ash plumes.

LLAIMA

This Icelandic volcano's notoriously hard-to-pronounce name grounded thousands of flights in 2010 across which continent?

EUROPE

Java's highest volcano, this peak sends up small ash plumes on an almost daily basis.

SEMERU

Emerging suddenly from a Mexican cornfield in 1943, this volcano startled the whole world.

PARICUTIN

This Ethiopian volcano holds one of the world's few permanent lava lakes.

ERTAALE

A dormant volcano in Kenya's Rift Valley, this peak is known for a popular hike around its crater rim.

LONGONOT

This Italian volcano famously buried the Roman city of Pompeii in ash in AD 79.

VESUVIUS

This Indonesian supervolcano's ancient eruption is linked by scientists to a bottleneck in early human population.

TOBA

Once molten rock reaches the surface and flows from a volcano, it is given the new name _ _ _ _.

LAVA

Looming over the city of Goma, this highly active Central African volcano has a lava lake in its crater. In which country does it rise?

CONGO

One of the most active volcanoes in North America, this Mexican peak is often called the 'Volcano of Fire.'

COLIMA

Shaped like a near-perfect cone similar to Mount Fuji, this Chilean volcano overlooks Lake Llanquihue.

OSORNO

Nicknamed the 'Lighthouse of the Pacific' for its once near-constant eruptions, this El Salvador volcano has been quiet since 1966.

IZALCO

West Africa's tallest peak, an active volcano, shares its name with the country it rises in.

CAMEROON

Antarctica's most active volcano, this peak holds a rare, long-lived lava lake.

EREBUS

Dormant since 2010 after decades of nightly lava shows, this Costa Rican volcano is a popular tourist stop.

ARENAL

Europe's highest peak, rising in Russia's Caucasus, is actually this dormant volcano.

ELBRUS

Nicknamed 'Mountain of God,' this Tanzanian volcano erupts unusually cool, black lava. Which East African herders named it?

MAASAI

Molten rock located beneath Earth's surface, before it ever erupts, is called _ _ _ _ _.

MAGMA

Africa's tallest peak, a dormant volcano capped in snow, rises within which East African country?

TANZANIA

After centuries of dormancy, this Chilean volcano erupted explosively and unexpectedly in 2008.

CHAITEN

One of the world's largest volcanic calderas surrounds this active Japanese peak.

ASO

Mexico's tallest peak, a dormant volcano, is formally known as Pico de _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

ORIZABA

This extremely active Japanese volcano frequently dusts the nearby city of Kagoshima with ash and sits on which Japanese island?

KYUSHU

This Turkish mountain, a dormant volcano, is traditionally associated in religious stories with a great flood.

ARARAT

One of Guatemala's most consistently active volcanoes, this peak frequently dusts nearby villages with ash.

PACAYA

Guatemala's deadly 2018 eruption occurred at this volcano, whose Spanish name means 'fire.'

FUEGO

Sitting on the border of Chile and Argentina, the world's highest active volcano rises within which major mountain range?

ANDES

The highest peak on New Zealand's North Island, this volcano is popular with skiers.

RUAPEHU

This Icelandic volcano lies beneath a glacier and has a history of triggering sudden floods.

KATLA

A sudden 2014 eruption at this Japanese volcano caught hikers off guard near its summit, causing many deaths.

ONTAKE

A deadly pyroclastic flow from this Japanese volcano killed dozens, including volcanologists, in 1991.

UNZEN

This Ecuadorian volcano is one of the highest active volcanoes on Earth.

COTOPAXI

This Indonesian volcano on Java erupted explosively in 2014, forcing tens of thousands to evacuate.

KELUD

The highest peak on the Indonesian island of Lombok, this volcano holds a crescent-shaped crater lake.

RINJANI

This Indonesian volcano has erupted repeatedly since reawakening in 2010 after centuries of quiet.

SINABUNG

The last Cascade Range volcano to erupt before Mount St. Helens, in 1915, was this California peak.

LASSEN

This Indonesian volcano's 1815 eruption was so massive it caused the following year to be nicknamed the 'Year Without a Summer.'

TAMBORA

This Nicaraguan volcano has a crater that glows with a rare, permanently visible lava lake.

MASAYA

Historically nicknamed the 'Gateway to Hell,' this Icelandic volcano has erupted more than 20 times since settlers arrived.

HEKLA

The tallest peak in Washington's Cascade Range is this glacier-covered volcano.

RAINIER

This volcano towers over the island of Bali in Indonesia.

AGUNG

The highest peak in the Middle East is this dormant Iranian volcano.

DAMAVAND

This Greek island volcano's ancient eruption is believed to have devastated the Bronze Age Minoan civilization.

SANTORINI

The tallest volcano in Costa Rica, this peak can be seen from both the Pacific and Caribbean coasts on a clear day.

IRAZU

The most active volcano in northern Chile's Andes, this peak regularly sends ash plumes over the Atacama Desert.

LASCAR

One of Indonesia's most active volcanoes, this peak looms over the city of Yogyakarta.

MERAPI

This Philippine volcano's huge 1991 eruption cooled global temperatures for over a year.

PINATUBO

One of the world's smallest active volcanoes, this Philippine peak sits inside its own crater lake.

TAAL

This Costa Rican volcano is famous for its bubbling, acidic turquoise crater lake.

POAS

Famous for its fiery sunrise views over a sea of clouds, this Indonesian volcano sits in a vast sandy caldera on Java.

BROMO

Japan's tallest and most iconic peak is this symmetrical, snow-capped volcano.

FUJI

This New Zealand volcano loaned its cone-shaped peak to a famous fantasy film trilogy as a fictional mountain.

NGAURUHOE

Most of the world's active volcanoes lie along a horseshoe-shaped seismic zone nicknamed the Pacific _ _ _ _ of Fire.

RING

This Icelandic volcano's 1783 eruption released toxic gases that caused widespread famine in Europe.

LAKI

The largest volcano on Earth by volume, this Hawaiian giant's name means 'Long Mountain.'

MAUNALOA

This Indonesian volcano's 1883 eruption was heard thousands of miles away and darkened skies worldwide.

KRAKATOA

Nicknamed the 'Lighthouse of the Mediterranean,' this Italian island volcano erupts almost constantly.

STROMBOLI

North America's most famous supervolcano, dormant beneath a national park, lies mostly within which US state?

WYOMING

Famous for its nearly perfect symmetrical cone, this Philippine volcano overlooks the city of Legazpi.

MAYON

This small Italian island volcano lent its name to the English word for all fire-spewing mountains.

VULCANO

One of the most active volcanoes on Earth, this Hawaiian volcano erupts almost continuously.

KILAUEA

Born from an undersea eruption in 1963, this brand-new Icelandic island volcano fascinated scientists.

SURTSEY

This Washington volcano's catastrophic 1980 eruption blasted away much of its northern face.

HELENS

One of the most active volcanoes in South America, this Colombian peak sits within a national park of the same name.

GALERAS

The Cascade Range's second-highest peak is this northern California volcano, sacred to several Native American tribes.

SHASTA
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