GEOLOGY

EARTH SCIENCE

VOLCANOES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the world’s most perfect volcanic shape?
A
Mayon Volcano
B
Mount St. Helens
C
Eyjafjallajökull
D
Mount Merapi
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mayon Volcano, active volcano, southeastern Luzon, Philippines, dominating the city of Legaspi. Called the world’s most perfect volcanic cone because of the symmetry of its shape, it has a base 80 miles (130 km) in circumference and rises to 8, 077 feet (2, 462 metres) from the shores of Albay Gulf.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mayon Volcano Mayon Volcano is renowned as the “Perfect Cone” because of its almost perfectly conical shape.

Detailed explanation-3: -All eyes are on the rumbling Mount Mayon, a perfectly cone-shaped volcano that could spew its dangerous contents at any moment.

Detailed explanation-4: -A popular tourist spot, it is renowned for its “perfect cone” because of its symmetric conical shape, and is regarded as very sacred in Philippine mythology. The volcano with its surrounding landscape was declared a national park on July 20, 1938, the first in the nation.

Detailed explanation-5: -Rocks around Mayon Volcano was aged more than 20 million years old. The perfect shape was formed through layers of lava flows and pyro plastic surges from erosion and past eruptions.

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