What are the examples of cinder cone volcano?
That’s awesome…we just learned about cinder cone volcanoes in geology class today. They are very small (only hundreds of meters tall instead of 1,000’s of meters tall like Mt. Fuji). They normally have only one eruption and then go “dead.” Cinder cones get their name from their composition which is volcanic ash. When they erupt the ash forms the structure of the volcano and eventually lava comes out. When lava starts spewing the eruption is almost over. Cinder cones erode very quickly as they are pretty much only composed of volcanic ash. Due to the fact that they are so small and erode quickly they are usually unnamed. Most often the only evidence that a cinder cone existed is the hardened lava flow left behind. Cinder cones are found near composite cones such as Mt. St. Helen’s and Mt. Rainier.
