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Part 1: Find Shield Volcanoes
Find two shield volcanoes and fill in the following chart. Use Google Earth for this.
Volcano #1
Volcano #2
Volcano Name
Mauna Loa
Volcano of Your Choosing:
Fernandina
Location (City,
State, Country)
Hawaii, USA
Isla Fernandina, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Latitude & Longitude
Lat.: 19.475°N
Lon: 155.608°W
Lat.: 0.37°S
Lon: 91.55°W
Summit elevation
in meters
4170
1476
Describe its appearance (steep sides, gentle sides?)
Gentle slopes and large volume
Resembles an “overturned soup bowl.” Caldera volcano
Sketch it.
Active, dormant, or
extinct?
Active
Active
Has it ever caused
property damage and/or loss of life? If so, how bad?
No recent or recorded fatalities and destroyed nearby villages in 1926 and 1950.
Unknown deaths and unpopulated island.
Location: hot spot, divergent boundary, or convergent subduction zone?
Hot spot
Hot spot, divergent plate boundary
What type of
eruption? Gentle or explosive? Fluid lava flows or pyroclastic flows?
Non-explosive, fluid lava flows.
Gas plumes from caldera, fluid lava flows from side vents.
Rock Type?
Basaltic, Andesitic, Rhyolitic?
Basaltic
Basaltic
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