About its eruption in 79 A.D. an observer wrote that broad sheets of fire and leaping flames blazed at several points

At least 57 people died as a result of this U.S. volcano's May 18 1980 eruption

This youngest surface volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii has distinctive lava formations like Pele's Hair

In 1908 members of Ernest Shackleton's expedition became the first to climb this continent's Mount Erebus

This lake lies in a caldera formed when Oregon's Mount Mazama volcano collapsed 7000 years ago

In 2010 stranded airline passengers learned that Eyjafjallajokull is a volcano in this country

A Japanese proverb says he who climes this peak once is a wise man he who climbs it twice is a fool

According to National Geographic it's the most dangerous volcano in the lower 48 states

In Sicilian it's called Muncibeddu meaning mountain

A specific eruption style is named for this Caribbean volcano that erupted in 1902 killing thousands

Eruptions in 512 were so violent that Theodoric the Goth of Italy suspended taxes for those living on its slopes

Lassen Peak in the southernmost part of this range was believed extinct until it erupted on May 30 1914

This volcano on the southeast slope of Mauna Loa has had a hotel on its rim since 1866

Figurative name of the volcanic belt that nearly encircles the Pacific Ocean

This Philippine volcano's 1991 eruption was one of the largest of the 20th century

Please excuse this tallest peak in the Cascades--although it is dormant it still exudes gassy fumes

The most violent volcanic eruptions are classified under the name of this Elder Roman naturalist

The name of this sacred mountain is said to be derived from the Ainu word for fire

The names of 2 types of lava flow pahoehoe & aa come from this language

This Indonesian volcano just west of Java erupted in 1883 causing sea waves almost 130 feet high

A 1963 underwater eruption began the formation of the island of Surtsey off this north Atlantic country

In Roman mythology this god of fire's blacksmith shops were located under Mount Etna

Paricutin Volcano in this country began in a farmer's field in 1943; within 6 days it had a cinder cone 500 feet high

Peru's El Misti volcano was of great importance to this ancient Indian civilization

Its May 18 1980 eruption was the first in the lower 48 states since California's Lassen Peak in 1921