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 ...

Cinder cones are simple volcanoes that form where vents, or openings, spit out ash and lava. They can be cone- or oval-shaped, usually with a bowl-like crater at their summits.

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

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] ...

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.

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.") ...

You can see that shape in the profile shot of the volcano (taken from the Earth's surface; below) with steep slopes. The average slope heading up the sides of the volcano are ~25 percent with a ...

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.

Mud volcanoes are extrusions of a water and mud mix on the earth's surface that form cone-shaped volcanoes. These can be metres to kilometers wide and metres to hundreds of metres thick.