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Jaggar,Thomas Augustus, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Jaggar,Thomas Augustus, Jr., 1871–1953, American geologist and volcanologist, b. Philadelphia, Ph.D. Harvard, 1897. One of the team of U.S. scientists (1902) who surveyed the eruptions…

El Misti

(Encyclopedia) El Misti, volcano, Peru: see Misti, El.

Stromboli

(Encyclopedia) Stromboli, island and volcano, Italy: see Lipari Islands.

Vulcano

(Encyclopedia) Vulcano, island and volcano, Italy: see Lipari Islands.

Anak Krakatau

(Encyclopedia) Anak Krakatau, island and volcano, Indonesia: see under Krakatoa.

Novarupta

(Encyclopedia) Novarupta, volcano, Alaska: see Katmai National Park and Preserve.

Agua

(Encyclopedia) AguaAguaäˈwä, äˈgwä [key] or Volcán de AguaVolcán de Aguabōlcänˈ ᵺē [key]Agua äˈwä, äˈgwä [key] [Span.,=volcano of water], volcano, 12,310 ft (3,752 m) high, S Guatemala. In 1541,…

Kilauea

(Encyclopedia) KilaueaKilaueakēˈläwāˈə [key], volcano and caldera, 3,646 ft (1,111 m) deep, central Hawaii island, Hawaii, on the southeastern slope of Mauna Loa in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.…

Tajumulco

(Encyclopedia) TajumulcoTajumulcotäh&oomacr;m&oomacr;lˈkō [key], inactive volcano, 13,816 ft (4,211 m) high, W Guatemala. It is the highest mountain in Central America.