TYPES OF VOLCANO

COMPOSITE VOLCANO

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• Mayon Volcano
• 2,462 metres (8,077ft.)
• Albay, Bicol Region, Philippines
• COMPOSITE VOLCANO
• perfectly cone-shaped; Philippines’ most active volcano and one of the deadliest in the world
• Last eruption: January 23, 2018

DOME VOLCANO

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• KATLA VOLCANO
• 1,512 m ( 4,961 ft)
• ICELAND
• DOME VOLCANO
• Sometimes domes are produced by repeated outpourings of short flows from a summit vent, and, occasionally, extremely viscous lava is pushed up from the vent like a short protrusion of toothpaste from a slightly squeezed tube.
• Last eruption: October to November 1918

SHEILD VOLCANO

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• MAUNA LOA
• 4,170 m (13,680 ft)
• ISLAND OF HAWAII
• SHEILD VOLCANO
• Shield Volcano volcanoes are the largest volcanoes on Earth. The Hawaiian shield volcanoes are the most famous examples. Shield volcanoes are almost exclusively basalt, a type of lava that is very fluid when erupted.
• Last eruption:15 April 1984

TYPES OF MOUNTAIN

THE FOLD MOUNTAIN

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• THE URALS
• 1,894 meters (6,214 feet)
• from north to south through western Russia
• FOLD MOUNTAIN
• The Ural Mountains are among the world’s oldest mountains, 300 to 250 million years old, and erosion has lowered them considerably. For its age, the elevation of the mountains is unusually high.

THE FAULT BLOCK MOUNTAIN

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• HARZ MOUNTAIN
• 2,226 km2 (859 sq mi)
• NORTHERN GERMANY
• FAULT BLOCK MOUNTAIN
• The Harz range consists of an irregular series of terraced plateaus (primarily of slates, sandstones, and limestones) that rise in places into rounded summits and are intersected by narrow, deep valleys.

DOME MOUNTAIN

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• HALF DOME
• 4,737ft (1,444m)
• California,USA
• DOME MOUNTAIN
• It is a well-known rock formation in the park, named for its distinct shape. One side is a sheer face while the other three sides are smooth and round, making it appear like a dome cut in half

VOLCANIC MOUNTAIN

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• MT. PINATUBO
• 1486 m (4875 ft)
• At the intersection of the borders of the provinces of Zambales, Tarlac, and Pampanga and located about 100 km NW of Manila
• VOLCANIC MOUNTAIN
• After the devastating and destructive 1991 eruption happened, the Lake Pinatubo was created and became a tourist attraction.
• Latest eruption: 1993

PLATEAU

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• BENHAM RISE
• 2,000 meters (2 km) above the sea floor
• Philippine Sea
• PLATEAU
• Benham Rise is potentially a rich source of natural gas and other resources such as heavy metals; good fishery