11Eyjafjallajökull volcano
Eyjafjallajökull, the Icelandic volcano that erupted in 2010, is carbon neutral due to its disruption of air travel in Europe.
12Mount Fuji
The peak of Mount Fuji is a privately owned land and the whole mountain used to be owned by a person named Ieyasu Tokugawa.
13Stromboli Eruptions
Continuously erupting volcanoes are referred to as Strombolian eruptions. Mount Stromboli itself has been erupting continuously for over 2,000 years.
14Kilauea
The Kilauea Volcano in the Hawaiian Islands has been continuously spewing lava since 1983. It is one of the longest volcanic eruptions on Earth.
15Mount Erebus
Mount Erebus in Antarctica, the southernmost active volcano in the world, has created a lake of molten lava in the middle of a lake of frozen water.
16Asphalt volcano
There is a type of undersea volcano named Asphalt volcano that does not spew lava but instead spews pure asphalt.
17New Island
In December 2014 an underwater volcano erupted leading to the creation of a new island. Typically these types of islands don't survive more than a few months, but this one has persisted and is now connected to an older neighboring island.
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18Mauna Loa eruption
In 1935 when Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano erupted and threatened the town of Hilo, the US Army Air Corps attempted to divert the oncoming lava flows with bombing runs planned by George S. Patton (then a Lt. Colonel).
19Lake Ilopango eruption
The supervolcanic eruption of Lake Ilopango in El Salvador in 536 A.D. devastated the Mayan empire and started the slowing of Mayan progress which lasted 30 years because ash lingered in the atmosphere for 18 months, resulting in cold years and drought. This theory disputes older theories of Mayan decline of civilization and deforestation.
20Masaya volcano national park
During the colonial times, people thought that the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua was a gate to hell. They believed a witch lived in the volcano guarding it. To stop frequent eruptions they sacrificed the prettiest girl in the town by throwing her in it.
