Stratovolcanoes

Connected Sites: 16

Definition
A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a tall, conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava, tephra, pumice, and volcanic ash. They are among the most common types of volcanoes, in contrast to the less common shield volcanoes. (wiki)

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Connected Sites

  • Sangay National Park
    Sangay National Park
    Ecuador
    Inscribed: 1983
    2.55
    36
    5
  • Pico Island
    Pico Island
    Portugal
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.34
    58
    4
  • Quito
    Quito
    Ecuador
    Inscribed: 1978
    3.34
    173
    8
    Quito wraps around the eastern slopes of Pichincha Volcano
  • Shiretoko
    Shiretoko
    Japan
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.50
    38
    8
    "Mount Rausu (羅臼岳, Rausu-dake) is a stratovolcano on the Shiretoko Peninsula" (wiki)
  • Ogasawara Islands
    Ogasawara Islands
    Japan
    Inscribed: 2011
    3.12
    8
    3
    The two islands from the Kazan Group are mountainous with both islands formed from the summits of giant submarine stratovolcanos. (AB ev)
  • French Austral Lands and Seas
    France
    Inscribed: 2019
    4
    0
    Mont Ross
  • Volcanoes of Kamchatka
    Russia
    Inscribed: 1996
    4.31
    15
    2
  • Tongariro National Park
    Tongariro National Park
    New Zealand
    Inscribed: 1990
    3.66
    119
    6
    Mount Ruapehu
  • Teide National Park
    Teide National Park
    Spain
    Inscribed: 2007
    3.83
    190
    7
  • Mount Hamiguitan
    Mount Hamiguitan
    Philippines
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.73
    13
    4
  • Mount Etna
    Mount Etna
    Italy
    Inscribed: 2013
    3.55
    264
    12
  • Kilimanjaro National Park
    Kilimanjaro National Park
    Tanzania
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.91
    85
    7
  • Isole Eolie
    Isole Eolie
    Italy
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.67
    135
    8
    Stromboli
  • Guanacaste
    Guanacaste
    Costa Rica
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.13
    70
    6
    there are two main volcanic complexes in the inscribed area, that each include various stratovolcanoes: the Orosí-Orosilito-Cacao complex in Guanacaste NP and the Rincón de la Vieja-Santa María complex in the Rincón de la Vieja National Park
    See es.wikipedia.org
  • Fujisan
    Fujisan
    Japan
    Inscribed: 2013
    3.60
    204
    8
  • Mount Kenya
    Mount Kenya
    Kenya
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.93
    44
    3
    "Mount Kenya is a stratovolcano that was active in the Plio-Pleistocene." (wiki)