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List of shield volcanoes

List of shield volcanoes is a earth science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of shield volcanoes rather than just read about it. In short: This list of shield volcanoes includes active, dormant and extinct shield volcanoes. Shield volcanoes are one of the three types of volcanoes.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

This list of shield volcanoes includes active, dormant and extinct shield volcanoes. Shield volcanoes are one of the three types of volcanoes. They have a short cone shape, and have basaltic lava which means the lava has low viscosity (viscosity is a measure of the ability for a liquid to flow)

Active

Ecuador Alcedo, Isabella Island, Galápagos Islands La Cumbre, Fernandina Island, Galápagos Islands Sierra Negra, Isabella Island, Galápagos Islands Cerro Azul, Isabella Island, Galápagos Islands Wolf, Isabella Island, Galápagos Islands Marchena Island, Galápagos Islands Darwin, Darwin Island, Galápagos Islands

Other Lava plateau of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex (British Columbia, Canada) Barrier (Kenya) Bottom half of Mount Erebus (Ross Dependency, Antarctica) Erta Ale (Ethiopia) Bottom half of Mount Etna (Sicily, Italy) Mount Wrangell (Alaska) Mount Karthala (Comoros) Namarunu (Kenya) Niuafo'ou (Tonga) Mount Nyamuragira (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Piton de la Fournaise (Réunion, France) Manaro Voui, Vanuatu Masaya Volcano, Nicaragua Kīlauea, Hawaii, US Mauna Loa, Hawaii Mount Halla (Jeju Island, South Korea) Mascarin Peak (Marion Island, South Africa)

Dormant

Canada Heart Peaks Itcha Range (British Columbia, Canada) Lava plateau of Level Mountain (British Columbia, Canada)

United States Arlington Cone (Arizona) Belknap Crater (Oregon) Gillespie Volcano (Arizona) Haleakalā (Maui) Hell's Half Acre (Idaho) House Mountain (Arizona) Hualālai (Hawaii) Indian Heaven (Washington) Larch Mountain (Oregon) Mauna Kea (Hawaii) Medicine Lake Volcano (California) Newberry Volcano (Oregon) Pelican Butte (Oregon) Shoshone Lava Field (Idaho) The Three Sisters (Oregon) Wapi Lava Field (Idaho)

Costa Rica Tilarán

Kenya Mount Marsabit Menengai

Other La Grille (Comoros) Mt. Bar le Duc (Mauritius) Queen Mary's Peak (South Atlantic Ocean) Rangitoto Island (New Zealand) Santorini (Greece) São Tomé (São Tomé and Príncipe, Atlantic Ocean) Skjaldbreiður (Iceland) Kollóttadyngja (Iceland) Trölladyngja (Iceland) Mount Takahe (Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica) Taveuni (Fiji) Karaca Dağ (Turkey)

Extinct

Antarctica Mount Andrus Mount Berlin Mount Moulton Mount Sidley (Marie Byrd Land) Mount Terror (Ross Dependency)

Other Ball's Pyramid of Australia is a volcanic plug, or an erosional remnant of a shield volcano. Banks Peninsula (Christchurch, New Zealand) Bermuda Pedestal (Bermuda, United Kingdom) Dunedin Volcano (Dunedin, New Zealand) Kohala (Hawaii, United States) Kookooligit Mountains (St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, United States) Mormon Mountain (Arizona, United States) House Mountain (Arizona, United States) Hackberry Mountain (Arizona, United States) Lord Howe Island, (Australia) Mount Piton (Piton, Mauritius) Piton des Neiges (Réunion, France) Poike (Easter Island, Chile) Pūhāhonu, Hawaii – the largest shield volcano on Earth by volume Rano Kau (Easter Island, Chile) Slieve Gullion (Northern Ireland, United Kingdom) Terevaka (Easter Island, Chile) Topo Volcano, Azores, Portugal Tweed Volcano, Australia Mount Charter, Australia Mount Tor, Australia Mount Julia, Australia Mount Cripps, Australia Verkhovoy (Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.)

Other planets and satellites

Mars & Venus Alba Mons Olympus Mons Arsia Mons Ascraeus Mons Pavonis Mons Syrtis Major Planum Maat Mons Theia Mons Io Io, a moon of Jupiter, has several volcanoes that spew sulphur. Some of these include Pele and Tohil Mons.

Pyroclastic shields

Bolivia Sacabaya Tata Sabaya

Nicaragua Apoyeque Masaya

Papua New Guinea Rabaul, New Britain

Other

Ambrym, Vanuatu Purico Complex, Chile Taal Volcano, Philippines

See also List of stratovolcanoes List of subglacial volcanoes List of cinder cones List of lava domes Shield volcano

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with List of shield volcanoes

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what List of shield volcanoes claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In earth science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to List of shield volcanoes before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about List of shield volcanoes ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of List of shield volcanoes

In research: List of shield volcanoes appears in earth science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses List of shield volcanoes in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: List of shield volcanoes is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Lists of volcanoes, Shield volcanoes, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for List of shield volcanoes outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is List of shield volcanoes in simple terms?

This list of shield volcanoes includes active, dormant and extinct shield volcanoes. Shield volcanoes are one of the three types of volcanoes.

Why does List of shield volcanoes matter?

Because it connects several earth science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study List of shield volcanoes?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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