{"id":11413,"date":"2018-09-10T22:00:08","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T02:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/?p=11413"},"modified":"2023-01-24T07:35:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T11:35:14","slug":"worlds-active-volcanoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/disasters\/worlds-active-volcanoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Where are some of the world’s major active volcanoes?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\"World<\/a>The term volcano<\/strong> is directly stemming from the name,\u00a0\u2018Vulcano<\/span><\/em>,\u2019\u00a0a\u00a0<\/i>volcanic island in the Aeolian islands of Italy, which in turn<\/i> has its name rooted in the word <\/i>\u2018<\/em>Vulcan<\/em>,\u2019<\/i><\/span>\u00a0 <\/i>meaning \u2018God of Fire\u2019<\/span><\/em> in Roman mythology. A volcano bringing out the earth\u2019s interior materials to the surface level, in the form of ash, lava, and gases is the effect of a volcanic eruption. This has attracted geologists to study the erupted materials in order to gain insights into the earth\u2019s inner matter. The study of volcanoes by these geologists is called volcanology.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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A volcanologist studies the eruptive activities, and formation of volcanoes as well as collects the materials from the eruption to understand and predict the next eruption in order to manage disasters and corresponding earthquakes.<\/p>\n

A volcano is a rupture in the earth\u2019s surface, on the crust layer, that allows the escape of lava, volcanic ash, and gases from a magma chamber in the earth\u2019s inner layers. An active volcano is a type of volcano that has erupted at least once in the last 10,000 years. A currently erupting volcano is categorized as an active volcano whereas one bound to erupt in the near future is a dormant type of active volcano. The distinction varies since the lifespan of the volcanoes can spread from months to several million years, but it is largely the underneath activity in the earth\u2019s interior, that helps define the kind of volcano and predict its eruption to a certain level.<\/p>\n

The presence of volcanoes is largely found in the converging or diverging plate tectonics of the earth, which floats on the softer and hotter layer of the mantle. These are due to the breaking of the earth\u2019s crust as well as it’s stretching and thinning. These volcanic-rich regions are called the hotspots of the earth. There are approximately 500 volcanoes on the earth\u2019s surface. Hence, there arises a need to learn a few of the active volcanoes to understand their composition and type and understand the properties of these volcanoes and their eruptions.<\/p>\n

The few of the most active volcanoes on the earth\u2019s surface are:<\/strong><\/p>\n