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NP 1972 – Piton de la Fournaise (3) Climbing to the crater, view Piton de Neige –  Hazard warnings by National Park Services  highest peak in the Indian Ocean, view   and all national authorities flowing lava channels, guided tours  Tsunami hazard for the entire Pacific because  Northern Ring of Fire, glaciers, ice fields,   NP  of eruptions  geotourism, hiking, ecotourism, cruises   Mosquitos can be a plague between islands, flight-seeing, wildlife  viewing, climbing, unique vegetation,   geological heritage Signs throughout the national parks, but  Visito
                     2007–ongoing     2006  2008  2009  2004  2009–ongoing   1984  2500BC  1790  1983, 2008  1894  1790, 1907?  1880, 1884?  1786  1917  Holocene  2009  1982  2009–ongoing  Dormant  -  1952





















                     Piton e la Fournaise  2631m basalt shield volcano  Mt Augustine 1252m  Mt Okmok 1073m  Mt Redoubt 3108m  Mt Shishaldin 2857m   Kilauea 122m shield volcano Mauna Loa 4170m shield volcano Mauna Kea 4206m shield volcano Haleakala 3055m shield volcano  Mt St Helens 2550m stratovolcano Mt Rainier 4392m stratovolcano  Decade volcano Mt Hood 3426m stratovolcano Mt Baker 3285m stratovolcano Mt Shasta 4317m stratovolcano Lassen Peak 3189m stratovolcano  Crater Lake 2487m caldera  Colima 3850m stratovolcano   Decade volcano  El Chichón 1060m lava domes Popocatépetl 5


















                     Reunion  Comores  Madagascar  8 volcanoes  AMERICA North  Alaska (USA)  92 volcanoes  Aleutians   Volcanic arc, over 150    islands, 1750km long     Hawai‘i (USA)  Volcanic island arc    5 major volcanoes       + submarine volcanoes     USA & Canadian  Cascades  80 +  volcanoes  Mexico  42 volcanoes














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