Cinder cone volcanoes form when solid pieces of lava, called cinders, erupt from a vent and collect around it. The volcanoes in the Canary Islands are cinder cones.

A cinder cone volcano doesn’t have horizontal layers and has a steep conical hill of tephra, also known as volcanic debris, that accumulates around and downwind of a vent.

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High viscosity magma creates steep-sided lava domes wherein low-viscosity magma produces cinder cones. Government Mountain is located in Kaibab National Forest in south-central Coconino County.

Specimens occur in volcanic tuff becoming larger and more plentiful along the 1 mile hike to the amphitheater or exposed interior of the cinder cone, which was caused by a phreatomagmatic eruption ...

Sitting in the shadows of the Cinder Cone volcano, the otherworldly red and orange mounds are formed of oxidised volcanic ash layers and dotted with pine trees.

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Bounded by the Columbia and Willamette Rivers, Portland is home to Forest Park, one of the country's largest urban forests, and Mt. Tabor, a volcanic cinder cone.

Shield-volcano Maunakea viewed from the northern slope of Maunaloa (cinder cones in the foreground) shows off its broad shield shape. The bumps on its profile are large cinder cones. PC: USGS The ...