According to livescience.com one of the most destructive volcanoes on the planet is the one and only Mount Saint Helens. Mount Saint Helens is located on the border of Washington and Oregon. There are many features this volcano has and why it is one of the most dangerous volcanoes on the planet. Mount Saint Helens is a stratovolcano that blew off its cone and now looks a lot like a cinder cone volcano but is not a cinder cone volcano.
What are some features on Mount Saint Helens?
A feature that Mount St Helens has is that it was referred to indians by the names Louwala Cloth or smoking mountain. Another feature is that it is an active volcano especially the 1900’s. People say that it is one of the most destructive volcano in history. It is also a part of the Ring of Fire. When it erupted in 1980 it blew off most of its top. According to livescience.com, Mount Saint Helens is the Mount Fuji of America because of its eruption in 1980. …show more content…
According to the text Into the Volcano a stratovolcano is the type volcano whenever you think of a volcano. Stratovolcanoes are also known as composite volcanoes. According composite volcano is built up of layers of ash.A stratovolcano has a steep hill at its upper ends because the lava cools and hardens quickly, leaving many layers building up overtime, creating a taller, steep hill. Stratovolcanoes are usually steep, symmetrical cones of a large space built of many layers of lava flows, volcanic ash, cinder blocks, and lava bombs and it can rise as much as 8,000 feet above the volcano's base.
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