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	volcano - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about volcano
		The volcano can be extremely violent, and destroyed several towns in the 1950s, yet the area at its foot is densely populated, with vineyards, orchards, and orange groves.
		A knife-edge ridge of volcanic rock on the Napali coast of Kauai, one of the westernmost of the Hawaiian islands.
		Most volcanoes occur on plate margins (see plate tectonics), where the movements of plates generate magma or allow it to rise from the mantle beneath.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /volcano (946 words)

	Ogasawara Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ogasawara village barracks bus is operated on the island, and one should use the silver pass/ the bus uses the silver pass.
		The Ogasawara islands are a part of an island arc known as the fore arc.
		The crust of the Bonin islands were formed by volcanic activity when subuduction began about 45-50 million years ago, and are composed mostly of an andesitic volcanic rock called Boninite, which is rich in magnesium oxide, chromium, and silicon dioxide.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ogasawara_Islands (1256 words)

	VOLCANO ISLANDS - LoveToKnow Article on VOLCANO ISLANDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		, three small islands in the western Pacific Ocean, S. of the Bonin Islands, forming part of the Japanese empire (annexed in 1891).
		They are also known as the Magellan Archipelago, and in Japan as Kwazan-retto (series of volcanic islands).
		With this group is sometimes included another island, Arzo-bispo, nearer the Bonin group.
	83.1911encyclopedia.org /V/VO/VOLCANO_ISLANDS.htm (219 words)

	Ogasawara Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sugar Cane, Pineapples and Bananas are grown on the islands.
		The Ogaswara islands are a part of island arc know as the fore arc.
		The first recorded settlement of the islands was an American colony founded in 1830, which persisted until the Second World War.
	www.leessummit.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Volcano_Islands (771 words)

	Ogasawara Islands -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The uninhabited Iō-jima (硫黄島, "Sulphur Island"), better known in English as (The largest of the Volcano Islands of Japan) Iwo Jima, is a part of the Volcano Islands.
		The rocks of the Volcano Islands are much younger; (The largest of the Volcano Islands of Japan) Iwo Jima is a dormant volcano characerized by rapid uplift and several (A town in west central Arkansas; a health resort noted for thermal springs) hot springs.
		Several of the islands are fringed with (A reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone) coral reefs.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/o/og/ogasawara_islands.htm (611 words)

	Volcano News - John Seach
		Sierra Negra volcano erupted on the Galapagos Islands on 22nd October at 2330 hr UT. Ash was observed to 25,000 ft.
		The current eruption of Kilauea volcano, which began in 1983, is the largest on the east rift zone in hundreds of years.
		Volcanoes that resume eruptions after long periods of inactivity, such as this, may be very dangerous.
	www.volcanolive.com /volcanolive.html (571 words)

	HyperWar: Volcano Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Bonin Islands (Ogasawara Gunto to the Japanese) properly are the central group of Nanpo Shoto comprising Muko, Chichi, and Haha.
		The largest of the Volcanos, Iwo Jima is known in legend as the "island of the demons".
		The Volcano Islands are administered as part of the Tokyo prefecture by the [Self Defense forces] and are normally off limits to visitors.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/PTO/Iwo/Volcanos.html (581 words)

	Ecotourism in the Northern Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The islands are incredibly beautiful, with smoking volcanoes, fl sand beaches, striking rock formations and an abundance of wildlife.
		The islands are seldom visited, except by scientists and CNMI Emergency Management Office officials, who monitor the activity of the volcanoes.
		A new island still in its formative stages, this is the northern-most point in the Marianas chain and an active volcano with smoking caldera and sulfur fumes.
	www.northernislands.net /eco.html (1084 words)

	Teide volcano, Tenerife, Canary Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Teide (28.3N, 16.6W) is the third largest volcano on Earth.
		Elevation at the summit of the volcano is 12,188.3 feet (3,715 m).
		The most recent eruption was on the northwest flank of the volcano in 1909.
	volcano.und.nodak.edu /vwdocs/volc_images/img_tiede.html (100 words)

	SVE - Volcano News
		The volcano Concepcion is one of the active volcanos of Nicaragua that present/display a permanent activity of low intensity with small earthquakes, constant volcanic gas emanation and small explosions in the crater.
		The eruption occurred from a new vent on the SW rim of the volcano's crater.
		Kliuchevskoi flanks Kamen volcano to the SW and Ushkovsky volcano to the NW.
	www.sveurop.org /gb/news/news.htm (17006 words)

	Tajumulco Volcano -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Volcanism (vulcanism) is the name given to the processes and phenomena associated with the surficial discharge of such material from volcanoes, geysers, and fumaroles.
		A volcano is a vent, or opening, in the surface of the Earth through which magma and associated gases and ash erupt.
		Volcanoes occur mainly near plate tectonic boundaries and are especially common around the Pacific basin, called the Pacific Ring of Fire (see...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9071000&query=volcano&ct= (738 words)

	Volcano Islands on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Island of Sunda Strait, between Java and Sumatra.The active volcano Krakatau.
		Island of Sunda Strait, between Java and Sumatra.The active volcano Krakatau, since its 1992 eruption.
		Japanese tourist with petroglyphs at Rorongo on Kanu Kau volcano.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/v/volcanoi1.asp (499 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Volcano Islands (Japan)
		Volcano Islands (Japan), (Japanese Kazan Reto), group of three islands, Japan, in the western Pacific Ocean, south of the Bonin Islands.
		The Ryūkyū chain’s larger islands are volcanic, while the smaller ones are coral formations.
		Asama, Mount, volcano in Japan, on central Honshū Island, the largest active volcano in the country.
	encarta.msn.com /Volcano_Islands_(Japan).html (174 words)

	MTU Volcanoes Page - Recent and Ongoing Activity
		Karymsky Volcano, Kamchatkan Peninsula, Russia Eruption to 7,000 meters.
		Shishaldin Volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Pilot and satellite confirmation of eruption.
		Volcano Rincon de la Vieja Unconfirmed reports on new eruption.
	www.geo.mtu.edu /volcanoes/active.html (339 words)

	Earth Changes TV - Earthquake Jolts Japan Islands After Volcano Erupts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The volcano started to rumble at the end of June but residents who had been evacuated from homes near the mountain were last week given the green light to return home.
		The island chain south of Tokyo has experienced tens of thousands of earthquakes over the past few weeks that had been triggered by the increasingly active volcano.
		The beleaguered island chain was then pelted by powerful winds and heavy rains late on Friday and early Saturday as a typhoon swept across the area.
	www.earthchangestv.com /breaking/July2000/0709japan.htm (380 words)

	Bonin and Volcano islands - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Bonin and Volcano islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Japanese islands in the Pacific, north of the Marianas and 1,300 km/800 mi east of the Ryukyu Islands.
		The Bonin Islands (Japanese Ogasawara-shotō) number 27 (in three groups), the largest being Chichijima:; area 104 sq km/40 sq mi, population (1991) 2,430.
		The Volcano Islands (Japanese Kazan-rettō) number three, including Iwo Jima, scene of some of the fiercest fighting of World War II; total area 28 sq km/11 sq mi.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Bonin%20and%20Volcano%20islands (163 words)

	Volcano Islands. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The group consists of three islands, of which Iwo Jima is the most important.
		There are sugarcane plantations and sulfur mines on the Volcano Islands.
		Japanese fishermen and sulfur miners arrived in 1887, and Japan annexed the islands in 1891.
	www.bartleby.com /65/vo/VolcanoI.html (139 words)

	The Russian Kuril Islands Expedition - Volcano Island
		Greg shows that layers are made from strong winds and blowing rain that eroded the side of the hill and carved the lines in the pile of ash.
		If the volcano was made of ash it would only be a cinder cone volcano.
		The older areas of the island are thickly covered with green plants, like grasses and pretty yellow Kamchatka tiger lilies.
	www.theoceanadventure.com /KIIE/KI6.html (1018 words)

	Teide Volcano - John Seach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Teide volcano is the highest peak in the Atlantic Ocean.
		The volcano was observed in eruption by Columbus in 1492.
		Unrest has occurred at the volcano since May 2004, with an increase in January 2005.
	www.volcanolive.com /teide.html (44 words)

	Scientists Warn Of Massive Tidal Wave From Canary Island Volcano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Most of the rocky western flank of Cumbre Vieja is unstable enough to be dislodged in the next big eruption of the volcano, which is active enough to explode at least once or twice a century.
		The Pacific Ocean is prone to earthquake-induced tsunamis caused by the so-called ring of fire volcanoes that girdle it.
		When the Indonesian volcano of Krakatoa blew itself apart in 1883, it generated a wave that killed 36,000 inhabitants of Java and Sumatra.
	www.rense.com /general13/tidal.htm (1161 words)

	Volcano Islands -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Volcanic in origin, they are part of a vast submerged mountain chain (probably a southeasterly extension of the Cook Islands) in the central South Pacific.
		The group, administered as part of Messina province, consists of seven major islands and several islets, with a total land area of 34 sq mi (88 sq km), lying in a general “Y” shape, the base of the “Y” being the westernmost island, Alicudi, the northern tip Stromboli, and the...
		One of the major characteristics of Asia is that most of the population is crowded onto a broad fringe extending to the ocean, an area that is relatively fertile, level, and well-watered.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9339651?tocId=9339651 (879 words)

	Volcano Islands -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The islands lie in the western Pacific between the Bonin Islands (north) and the Mariana Islands (south).
		The three small volcanic islands are, in north–south sequence, Kita-Io (San Alexander) Island, Io (Iwo Jima) Island, and Minami-Io (San Augustino) Island.
		Treasure Island is a small island in the Bahamas.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9075661?tocId=9075661 (887 words)

	Fernandina Volcano, Galapagos Islands
		The volcanoes on the western Galapagos Islands form one of the main study areas for several members of the IDS Team.
		Fernandina makes an interesting comparison to Kilauea volcano, Hawaii, because of the large, deep caldera, the very steep (>35 degree) slopes that are found on the flanks, and the lack of rift zones.
		The largest island is Isabela, with Fernandina the smaller island between Isabela and the horizon.
	eos.higp.hawaii.edu /ppages/fern.html (781 words)

	General Information about Hawaiian Shield Volcanoes
		Shield volcanoes are gently sloping mountains produced from a large number of generally very fluid lava flows.
		The outer Hawaiian Islands (aka the Northwest Hawaiian Islands) are a series of 9 small, older land masses north of Kauai that extend from Nihoa to Kure and which are the above sea level remnants of once much larger volcanic mountains.
		True, 'a'a flows are full of sharp, loose rubble on their surfaces, and not fun to walk accross, but it is probably a modern "myth" that this name evolved to evoke the pain of walking on an 'a'a flow.
	www.soest.hawaii.edu /GG/HCV/haw_volc.html (652 words)

	CVO Menu - Decade Volcanoes
		The aim of the Decade Volcanoes project is to direct attention to a small number of selected, active volcanoes world-wide and to encourage the establishment of a range of research and public-awareness activities aimed at enhancing an understanding of the volcanoes and the hazards posed by them.
		The Decade Volcano initiative is part of a United Nations program aimed at better utilizing science and emergency management to reduce the severity of natural disasters.
		The Decade Volcanoes are the focus of coordinated earth -science studies and land-use planning to learn the best ways to reduce the risks to life and property from volcano-related hazards.
	vulcan.wr.usgs.gov /Volcanoes/DecadeVolcanoes/framework.html (244 words)

	Global Volcanism Program \| Volcanoes of the World \| Volcanoes of the Kuril Islands \| Data Sources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Discussion of another volcano or eruption (sometimes far from the one that is the subject of the manuscript) may produce a citation that is not at all apparent from the title.
		Kudryavyi volcano and the evolution of Medveshiya caldera (Iturup I., Kuril Is.).
		The activity of volcanoes of Kamchatka and Kurile Islands in 1981.
	www.volcano.si.edu /world/region.cfm?rnum=09&rpage=sources (1104 words)

	EO Natural Hazards: Fernadina Volcano, Galapagos Islands
		Located on a remote, uninhabited island in the Galapagos National Park, the volcano’s eruptions often go unobserved, but on May 13, 2005, the volcano’s eruption was unmistakable.
		A smaller, slightly darker plume is blowing south from the island.
		The Instituto Geofisico of the Escuela Politecnica Nacional of Ecuador reports that ash rose to a height of seven kilometers from a fissure on the west side of the volcano.
	earthobservatory.nasa.gov /NaturalHazards/shownh.php3?img_id=12872 (218 words)

	Volcano Watch
		Volcano Watch is a weekly newsletter written by the scientists at the US Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
		While primarily addressed to the residents of the Big Island of Hawai`i, some articles may have a broader scope.
		As of October 6, lava is entering the ocean at East Lae`apuki, in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park.
	hvo.wr.usgs.gov /volcanowatch (419 words)

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