What are the most famous volcanic eruptions?

Answer 1

Acongua Argentina It is the tallest mountain in the Western Hemisphere. Cotopaxi Ecuador It's eruption in 1877 started a mudflow that went 150 miles and killed 1,000 people. El Chichon Mexico It's eruption in 1982 killed 187 people and let out a cloud of dust and sulfur dioxide gas high up into the air. Krakatau Indonesia 3,000 miles away It's magnificent eruption in 1883 was heard. It produced sea waves about 130 feet high that drowned 36,000 people on some nearby islands. Lassen Peack California It is one of the few volcano's in the Cascade Range ; It's most recent eruption was in 1921. Mauna Loa Hawaii It is the earth's largest volcano. It is about 30,000 feet above the ocean floor. It's about 60 miles wide around the bottom. Mount Etna Sicily About 20,ooo were killed by it's eruption in 1669. Mount Pelee Martinique It let out a glowing cloud and destroyed the city of St. -Pierre and killed about 30,000 people in a matter of minutes in 1902. Mount Pinatubo Philippines It erupted in 1991 it may be the one of the largest eruptions of the 19o0's it flung about 20 million tons of sulfur dioxide gas up into the air. Mount Saint Helens Washington It's violent eruption in 1980 let out a ton of molten rock and hot ash. It killed 57 people. Mount Tambora Indonesia In 1815 it's eruption gave 6 million times more power than an Atomic Bomb. It killed about 92,000 people. Nevado del Ruiz Colombia It erupted in 1985 and started floods and mudslides. It destroyed the city of Armero and killed about 25,000 people. Paricutin Mexico It started erupting in a farmer's field in 1943. It built a cinder cone more than 500 feet high in just six days. Stromboli Mediterranean Sea It's been active since ancient times. It erupts for long times, months even years. Surtsey North Atlantic Ocean It had an underwater eruption in 1963. It started making the island of Surtsey after it's final eruption of lava in 1967. The island was more than one square mile. Thera 1 Mediterranean Sea It erupted in about 1500 B.C. might have destroyed a Minonian civilization on Crete. The Lost Continent of Atlantis might be based on that eruption. Vesuvius Italy It erupted in 79 A.D. It made history's most famous eruption. It destroyed the town's of Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabiae.

Answer 2

* Pompeii * Vesuvius * Krakotoa * Mount Fuji * Mount St. Helens * Mauna Loa * Mauna Kea * Yellowstone Feel free to list more famous volcanoes.

Answer 3

Some would be...

• the Mount. St. Helens Eruption
• the Pinatubo Eruption
• the Mount. Vesuvius Eruption
• the Mount. Kilauea Eruption

Answer 4

There are many famous volcanoes around the world including Krakatoa, Mt. St. Helens, Kilauea, Mt. Lassen, Mt. Shasta, Mt. Vesuvius, etc...

Answer 5

The Pompeii one