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- 01This massive volcanic eruption in the Aegean Sea around 1600 BCE is thought to have led to the collapse of the Minoan civilization.
- 02Located in Ecuador, this is one of the highest active volcanoes in the world and its peak is the furthest point from the Earth's center.
- 03What dormant volcano in Tanzania is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest single free-standing mountain in the world?
- 04The 1883 eruption of this Indonesian volcano is said to have produced the loudest sound ever historically recorded.
- 05What volcano famously erupted in 79 AD, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum?
- 06This active volcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, is one of the tallest active volcanoes in Europe.
- 07What is the name of Japan's tallest peak, a stratovolcano that is one of the country's "Three Holy Mountains"?
- 08Located in Washington state, this volcano's major eruption in 1980 was the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in U.S. history.
- 09Known for its almost perfectly symmetrical cone shape, this active volcano is located in the Philippines.
- 10The volcanic caldera located in a U.S. National Park in Wyoming is often referred to as a "supervolcano."
- 11What is the name of the most active of the five volcanoes that form the Big Island of Hawaii?
- 12The 2010 eruption of this Icelandic volcano caused enormous disruption to air travel across western and northern Europe.