Uturuncu is a large, dormant volcano that stands at a height of 19,711 feet (6,008 meters) above sea level. It is a stratovolcano, which are large, steep, and cone-shaped volcanoes built up by ...

He was looking for more of those earthworks by surveying valleys north of Lima when he spotted the volcanic cone that stands 50 feet tall (15.5 meters). [In Photos: Earthly Mounds Shaped Like Animals] ...

Lava fountains bursting from the cone-shaped volcano overnight rose 650 feet in the air, the institute said.

Lahar: A hot or cold mix of water and rock that quickly flows down a volcano’s slope. Stratovolcano: A steep, cone-shaped volcano built from eruptions of lava and pyroclastic flows.

It's easy to see how ice volcanoes earned their nickname. NWS Grand Rapids posted a close-up photo that shows the cone-shaped ice with an explosion of slushy water spitting out of the top.

After being quiet for 110 years, the cone-shaped Momotombo volcano in Nicaragua rumbled to life on Dec. 1. A haze of smoke continues to emanate from the volcano's crater.

This was one of many times that the volcano has erupted throughout the past 500 years, but it remains a popular draw for tourists thanks to the cone shape that inspired the designer. As for the ...

Mauna Loa is a shield volcano. So are most of the much smaller volcanoes in Iceland. (Cone-shaped volcanoes, like Mount St. Helens, aren't shields but "stratovolcanoes.") ...

As it happens, over the course of hours or days, it forms a cone and it resembles a volcano." According to Spholten, there have to be very specific conditions for the ice volcanoes to form.