Definition of fumarole
:a hole in a volcanic region from which hot gases and vapors issue
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The voyages offer travelers an easy way to get to some of Iceland's most remote areas and see the full range of its famously striking landscapes, from geothermal fields of geysers and fumaroles to mountains, glaciers, volcanoes and waterfalls.
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Breakfast at sun-break in the Geysers of Tatio, the highest geothermal fields on earth: fields of steaming geysers, fumaroles, hundreds of pools of boiling water with the striking background of the Cordillera peaks.
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The area is home to some of the park's geothermal wonders: hot pools, mud pots, and steaming fumaroles.
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The only signal could be increasing temperature of fumarole and crater lakes as the crater vent area heats up — but that might not even be necessary.
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Origin and Etymology of fumarole
Italian fumarola, from Italian dialect (Neapolitan), from Late Latin fumariolum vent, from Latin fumarium smoke chamber for aging wine, from fumus
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