cinder cone
noun
: a conical hill formed by the accumulation of volcanic debris around a vent see volcano illustration
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In the 1960s and 70s, the area’s lunar-like landscape of volcanic cinder cones, which remains sacred to Indigenous peoples, served as training ground for NASA’s Apollo astronauts.
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Leslie Camhi, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2024
The debris from this spattering piles up around the vent to make what could eventually become cinder cone that line up along what was the fissure.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
Turrell is converting Roden Crater, a volcanic cinder cone, into a celestial observatory.
—The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
Prior to this, Cinder Cone, a cinder cone just to the east of Lassen Peak, erupted in A.D. 1666, the same year as the Great Fire of London.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 18 May 2020
The four types of volcanoes are composite, cinder cone, plug dome and shield.
—Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2024
While Yellowstone may have six volcano types, this 100,000-acre park has four — shield, composite, cinder cone, and plug dome — including one of the world’s largest plug dome, Lassen Peak, which last exploded between 1914 and 1921.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2024
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument is a mouthful of a name with a handful of trails winding through jagged lava fields and over cinder cones.
—Mike Bezemek, Outside Online, 13 Apr. 2023
The 1538 eruption produced a small cinder cone in Pouzzuoli at the mouth of the Bay of Naples, burying parts of medieval villages.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2023
Leslie Camhi, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2024
The debris from this spattering piles up around the vent to make what could eventually become cinder cone that line up along what was the fissure.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
Turrell is converting Roden Crater, a volcanic cinder cone, into a celestial observatory.
—The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
Prior to this, Cinder Cone, a cinder cone just to the east of Lassen Peak, erupted in A.D. 1666, the same year as the Great Fire of London.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 18 May 2020
The four types of volcanoes are composite, cinder cone, plug dome and shield.
—Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2024
While Yellowstone may have six volcano types, this 100,000-acre park has four — shield, composite, cinder cone, and plug dome — including one of the world’s largest plug dome, Lassen Peak, which last exploded between 1914 and 1921.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2024
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument is a mouthful of a name with a handful of trails winding through jagged lava fields and over cinder cones.
—Mike Bezemek, Outside Online, 13 Apr. 2023
The 1538 eruption produced a small cinder cone in Pouzzuoli at the mouth of the Bay of Naples, burying parts of medieval villages.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2023
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