Stratovolcano

Cono de Arita, a stratovolcano in Salta (Argentina)

Mount Fuji, an active stratovolcano in Japan that last erupted in 1707–08

Tavurvur, an active stratovolcano in Papua New Guinea

A stratovolcano is a tall, conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava, tephra, pumice, and volcanic ash.^[1] Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes have a steep slope and explosive eruptions every now and then.

Stratovolcano Media

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Mount Rainier, a 4,392 m (14,411 ft) stratovolcano, the highest point in the US state of Washington
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Exposed internal structure of alternating layers of lava and pyroclastic rock in the eroded Broken Top stratovolcano in Oregon
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Cross-section of subduction zone and associated stratovolcanoes
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Mount Etna on the island of Sicily, in southern Italy
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Snow-like blanket of Mount Pinatubo's ashfall deposits in a parking lot on Clark Air Base (15 June 1991)
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Mayon Volcano in Philippines extruding lava flows during its eruption on 29 December 2009
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Mount Pinatubo's 1991 eruption ash cloud seen from Clark Airbase. 12 June 1991

↑ This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Principal types of volcanoes" (retrieved on 2009-01-19).