On March 7, Mount Spurr, an 11,000-foot-tall stratovolcano located 81 miles ... in Central America putting 30,000 at risk and the Hawaii volcano named Kilauea spewed lava 330 feet into the air ...

an inactive shield volcano on the island of Hawaii, would instead come out on top. But there is one more contender for highest mountain: Mount Chimborazo, an inactive stratovolcano in the ...