Volcano AssignmentVolcanoes Description:Mount RainierMount Rainier is a volcano located in the Cascade Range in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. This volcano has an elevation of 4,392 meters (14,411 feet). This is the tallest mountain in Washington. This volcano is located in the same mountain range as Mount Adams, Mount Baker, Mount St. Helens, and Glacier Peak. It is known as a stratovolcano and is a large, steep volcano made up of alternating layers of lava and ash or ash. This volcano is an active volcano and the last time it erupted was in 1894. The largest eruption this volcano had was 2200 years ago. The areas have been recorded to have experienced many small, high-frequency earthquakes. Some of them occur on a daily basis. According to the geologist, the cause of this is the hot fluids moving inside the mountain. It is composed of two overlapping volcanic craters that are approximately 1000 feet across. This volcano has three different peaks; they are Columbia Crest, Point Success and Liberty cap, the highest being 14,411 feet and the lowest being 14,112 feet. It is located on the Juan de Fuca plate. This is a divergent boundary. It was formed by the subduction of the Juan de Fuca plate and the North American plate. This volcano also has lahars which are large mudflows that form in sediment deposits surrounding volcanoes; they can be hot or cold. This volcano includes but is not limited to andesite rock. Isla Fernandina Isla Fernandina is a volcano located in the Galapagos Islands. This volcano is 4,500 feet (1,400 meters) high. This volcano is a shield volcano, which is a large volcano formed as a result of repeated inexplosive eruptions of basalt and forms a low dome or shield, usually with a large caldera…paper…lava in the center. flows, vegetation, size and number of craters and anything else observed from satellite images. Works cited. https://sites.google.com/site/tectonicswebsite/mount-rainier http://climbing.about.com/od/usstatehighpoints/a/MtRainierFacts.htm http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/ online_books/geology/publications/rpt/18-2/sec2-2.htm http://www.volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=353010 http://people.rit.edu/rhrsbi/GalapagosPages/ Vulcanism2.html http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/tsurumi.htmlWorks Cited. https://sites.google.com/site/tectonicswebsite/mount-rainier http://climbing.about.com/od/usstatehighpoints/a/MtRainierFacts.htm http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/ online_books/geology/publications/rpt/18-2/sec2-2.htm http://www.volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=353010 http://people.rit.edu/rhrsbi/GalapagosPages/ Vulcanism2.html http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/tsurumi.html