Facts about Volcanoes

       Interesting Facts about Volcanoes

*The biggest volcano in the world is Mauna Loa in Hawaii.
*Jupiter’s Moon Io is the most volcanic place in the solar system.


*There are around 1510 'active' volcanoes in the world. We currently know of 80 or more which are under the oceans.


*Stromboli, in the Mediterranean of Italy, has been known to be erupting for more than 2,000 years. It is the "Lighthouse of the Mediterranean."


*Some very important volcanoes are not mountains at all. They look like deep lakes because they have had huge eruptions that make the ground sag down.


*Although some volcanoes can take thousands of years to form, others can grow overnight. For example, the cinder cone volcano Paricutin appeared in a Mexican cornfield on February 20, 1943. Within a week it was 5 stories tall, and by the end of a year it had grown to more than 336 meters tall. It ended its grown in 1952, at a height of 424 meters. By geology standards, that’s pretty quick.