Volcano AssignmentVolcano Description: Mount RainierMount Rainier is a volcano located in the Cascade Range in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state. This volcano is 14,411 feet (4,392 meters) above sea level. It is the tallest mountain in Washington. This volcano is in the same mountain range as Mount Adams, Mount Baker, Mount St. Helens, and Glacier Peak. It is known as a stratovolcano, which is a large, steep volcano consisting of alternating layers of lava and ash or cinders. This volcano is an active volcano and its last eruption was in 1894. The largest eruption this volcano has seen was 2,200 years ago. The region has been recorded to have experienced numerous small, high-frequency earthquakes. Some of them occur daily. According to the geologist, the cause is the movement of hot fluids inside the mountain. It is composed of two overlapping volcanic craters measuring 1,000 feet in diameter. This volcano has three different peaks; these are Columbia Crest, Point Success and Liberty cap, the highest measuring 14,411 feet and the lowest measuring 14,112 feet. It is located on the Juan de Fuca plaque. 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 mud flows that occur in the sediment deposits that surround volcanoes; they can be hot or cold. This volcano includes, but is not limited to, rocky andesite. Isla FernandinaIsla Fernandina is a volcano located in the Galapagos Islands. This volcano has an elevation of 4,500 feet (1,400 meters). This volcano is a shield volcano which is a large volcano built from repeated, non-explosive eruptions of basalt and which forms a low dome or shield, usually having a large caldera...... middle of paper ... ...washes flows, vegetation, size and number of craters, and everything else you observe 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