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Pele, Hawaiian goddess
(Encyclopedia) PelePelepāˈlā [key], Hawaiian goddess of the volcano. Her traditional home is Halemaumau, the fiery pit crater within the Kilauea caldera on the island of Hawaii.Meru, Mount
(Encyclopedia) Meru, MountMeru, Mountmāˈr&oomacr; [key], extinct volcano, 14,979 ft (4,566 m) high, NE Tanzania, near Mt. Kilimanjaro. Coffee is grown on its lower slopes.Raung
(Encyclopedia) Raung, active volcano, East Java prov., Indonesia, rising to 10,932 ft (3,332 m), with a steep-sided, 1.2-mi (2-km) wide caldera that is 1,600 ft (500 m) deep. It is located SW of Ijen…Tacaná
(Encyclopedia) TacanáTacanátäkänäˈ [key], volcano, 13,333 ft (4,064 m) high, on the Mexico-Guatemala boundary; second highest peak in Central America. Major eruptions occurred in 1855 and 1878.Usulután
(Encyclopedia) UsulutánUsulután&oomacr;s&oomacr;l&oomacr;tänˈ [key], city (1993 pop. 38,138), S El Salvador. Near the volcano of the same name, the city is the commercial center of an…Cojutepeque
(Encyclopedia) Cojutepeque Cojutepeque kōh&oomacr;tāpāˈkā [key], city, capital of Cuscatlán dept., central El…Zhupanovsky
(Encyclopedia) Zhupanovsky, compound volcano, 9,705 ft (2,958 m), on the Kamchatka peninsula, Kamchatka Territory, Russia, c.40 mi (65 km) N of Petropavlovsk. Zhupanovsky consists of four…Karangetang
(Encyclopedia) Karangetang or Api Siau, volcano, 5,896 ft (1,797 m) high, Siau Island, North Sulawesi province, Indonesia. One of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia, the stratovolcano has five…Elgon, Mount
(Encyclopedia) Elgon, MountElgon, Mountĕlˈgŏn [key], extinct volcano, central Africa, on the Kenya-Uganda border. Its highest peak is Wagagai (14,178 ft/4,321 m). The inhabitants of Mt. Elgon's…Hood, Mount
(Encyclopedia) Hood, Mount, peak, 11,235 ft (3,424 m) high, NW Oreg., in the Cascade Range, E of Portland; highest point in the state and the center of Mt. Hood National Forest. A symmetrical,…Trending
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