| Vesuvius is a stratovolcano that grew within the breached crater of Monte Somma volcano. |
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| Nevado del Ruiz volcano is an andesite stratovolcano located in the northern Andes of Colombia. |
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| Mexico's Popocatépetl, seen here in profile and from the air, has the classic cone and crater of a stratovolcano. |
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| Mount Baker is a typical stratovolcano, with steep sides and a pointed summit. |
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| One stratovolcano may have multiple summits when individual cones overlap one another. |
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| Hekla Volcano in Iceland is transitional between plateau-building fissure eruptions and eruptions from a single major vent that produce a symmetrical stratovolcano. |
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| The second worst volcanic disaster of the 20th century occurred on November 13, 1985 when a relatively small eruption of Mount Ruiz, a stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains of Colombia, killed 25,000 people. |
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| Hazards associated with stratovolcano eruptions. |
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| Pichincha Volcano, an active stratovolcano in the Ecuadorian Andes photographed from the Historic Center of Quito. |
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| When the magma reaches the surface, it often builds a volcanic mountain, such as a shield volcano or a stratovolcano. |
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| Accumulation of lava and ejecta produced by an explosive volcano constitutes a type of volcano called stratovolcano, which fits the cone-shaped image people have in mind. |
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| Mount Kazbek is a dormant stratovolcano and one of the major mountains of the Caucasus located on the border of Kazbegi District of Georgia and North Ossetia. |
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