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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 227. Chapters: Kīlauea, Mount Vesuvius, Mount Meager, Lōʻihi Seamount, Mount Pinatubo, Mount St. Helens, Hekla, Mount Edziza volcanic complex, Mount Garibaldi, Nevado del Ruiz, Mauna Loa, Mount Rainier, Mount Baker, Taal Volcano, Mount Fuji, Mount Cayley, Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, Hualālai, Teide, Surtsey, Axial Seamount, Mount Etna, Silverthrone Caldera, Mount Pelee, Cerro Azul (Chile volcano), Puyehue-Cordon Caulle, Eldfell, La Palma, Baekdu Mountain, Hoodoo Mountain, Eyjafjallajokull, Yellowstone Caldera, Raoul Island, Laki, Mount Cleveland (Alaska), Chaiten (volcano), Mount Redoubt, Grimsvotn, Cerro Negro, Mount Ruapehu, Mount Taranaki, Sangay, Makushin Volcano, Katla volcano, Popocatepetl, Galeras, Soufriere Hills, Jabal al-Tair Island, Mount Asama, Deception Island, Puʻu ʻŌʻō, Mount Erebus, Nii-jima, Arenal Volcano, Mount Nyiragongo, Sakura Island, Mount Unzen, Ojos del Salado, Piton de la Fournaise, Whakaari / White Island, Tungurahua, Santa Maria (volcano), Villarrica (volcano), Mount Tongariro, Cotopaxi, Askja, Mount Bulusan, Hachijō-jima, Tseax Cone, Hunga Tonga, Snaefellsjokull, Pacaya, Augustine Volcano, Nevado del Huila, Masaya Volcano. Excerpt: Kīlauea (; Hawaiian: ) is a shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands, the most active of the five volcanoes that together form the island of Hawaii. Located along the southern shore of the island, the volcano, at 300,000 to 600,000 years old, is the second youngest product of the Hawaiian hotspot and the current eruptive center of the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain. Because it lacks topographic prominence and its activities historically coincided with those of Mauna Loa, Kīlauea was once thought to be a satellite of its much larger neighbor. Structurally, Kīlauea has a large, fairly recently formed caldera at its summit and two active rift...