Extinct Volcanoes.
Extinct volcanoes is a category of volcanoes in which scientist believe that it is very unlikely to explode again.Scientists can be almost certain that a volcano wont explode again as the magma chamber has no supply of magma left to explode. A volcano maybe become extinct because of the heat source that originally formed the volcano may have died down causing the magma left in the chamber to solidify causing the volcano to become almost certainly extinct.
Examples of Extinct Volanoes
The first example of an extinct volcano is Mount Buninyong, Australia. Mount Buninyong is a large 719 meter high volcano that is located 14 kilometers south east of the Victorian town of Ballarat. This exctinct volcano is now a home to a very important communication antenna used for radio and television use.
Another example of an extinct volcano is Mount Ashitaka which is located south east of the well known Mount Fuji in Japan.. The height of Mount Ashitaka is 1457 meters. The last time that this volcano erupted was around 100,000 years ago.
Thirdly, an extinct volcano called Huascaran is the highest mountain in Peru and is also the forth highest mountain in all of South America. It has a height of 6,768 meters high. This volcano has slowly been getting smaller and smaller, an earthquake in 1970 caused a big part of the volcano to fall off.
Another example of an extinct volcano is Mount Ashitaka which is located south east of the well known Mount Fuji in Japan.. The height of Mount Ashitaka is 1457 meters. The last time that this volcano erupted was around 100,000 years ago.
Thirdly, an extinct volcano called Huascaran is the highest mountain in Peru and is also the forth highest mountain in all of South America. It has a height of 6,768 meters high. This volcano has slowly been getting smaller and smaller, an earthquake in 1970 caused a big part of the volcano to fall off.