List of extinct volcanoes
An extinct volcano is a volcano which scientists consider unlikely to erupt again.[1] A volcano that has not erupted in the past 10,000 years is often listed as extinct.[2]
The extinct volcano no longer has a magma supply. An extinct volcano is no longer near an active geologic hot spot, if it ever was.[3]
Volcanologists sometimes can't tell whether a volcano is extinct or dormant. A caldera that has not produced an eruption in tens of thousands of years is likely to be considered inactive.[4] Dormant volcanoes may still erupt, whereas extinct ones cannot.
There are many examples of extinct volcanoes.
- Olympus Mons on Mars, the biggest volcano in the Solar System.
- Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain in the northern Pacific Ocean[5]
- Huascarán in Peru[6]
- Kyushu-Palau Ridge in the Philippine Sea[7]
- Mount Buninyong in Victoria Australia[8]
- Tamu Massif in the Northwest Pacific Ocean[9]
- Waw an-Namus in Libya[10]
- Edinburgh Castle in Scotland is located on a dolerite plug, the remnant of a volcano that went extinct many millions of years ago.
- Dhosi Hill in Haryana, India is an extinct volcano that has been sleeping for 770 million years.
- La Garita Caldera in Colorado, United States
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References
- ↑ The plural of volcano can be either volcanos or volcanoes. Both are equally correct, and it is not a matter of British vs US spelling. Oxford English Dictionary. Spelling in any particular Simple page tries to be consistent.
- ↑ Ball, Jessica. "Voices: Dead or alive ... or neither? Why a dormant volcano is not a dead one," Earth Magazine (American Geosciences Institute). September 8, 2010; retrieved 2012-6-14.
- ↑ Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, "Life-cycle of Hawaiian hot spot volcanoes" Archived 2013-04-14 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-6-14.
- ↑ Some volcanologists have described to extinct volcanoes as "inactive". However, the term 'inactive' is now more often used for dormant volcanos which were once thought to be extinct.
- ↑ Tarduno, John A. "Hotspots Unplugged," Archived 2015-02-19 at the Wayback Machine Scientific American. January 2009; retrieved 2012-6-14.
- ↑ BBC, "On This Day, 11 January 1962: Thousands killed in Peru landslide"; retrieved 2012-6-14.
- ↑ Kobayashi, K. "Origin of the Palau and Yap trench-arc systems," Geophysical Journal International, Vol. 157, Issue 7, p. 1306.
- ↑ City of Ballarat, "Mt Buninyong Scenic Reserve"; retrieved 2012-6-14.
- ↑ "New Giant Volcano Below Sea Is Largest in the World". 2013-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- ↑ Temehu.com. "Waw an-Namus (al-Namous) Volcano". www.temehu.com. Retrieved 2018-09-06.