Doane saw only one way to explain the void. "The great basin," he wrote, "has been formerly one vast crater of a now extinct volcano." The lieutenant was right: Yellowstone is a volcano ...

If they haven't erupted during the Holocene, they are considered extinct. Sometimes people refer to volcanoes that haven't erupted in a long time as "dormant," but there's no scientific definition ...

VIENTIANE: Champassak provincial authorities plan to attract more visitors to an extinct volcano in Pakxong district by declaring it to be a provincial level tourist attraction. The volcano is ...

Mount Otemanu is one of two peaks of an extinct volcano located at the center of the island. Rising 2,400-some feet above the lagoon, this volcanic remnant makes for a dramatic photo op or an ...

VIENTIANE, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Authorities in southern Laos' Champasak province are working to develop facilities around an extinct volcano in Paksong district, upgrading the site to a provincial ...

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