Choose your volcano from the list below to see some links or get general information about volcanoes.

Popocatepetl, Mexico
Mt. St. Helens, Washington
Hawaiian Islands (pick Kiaueau or Mauna Loa)
Mt Pinatubo, Phillipines
Mt. Fuji, Japan
Ruiz, Colombia (mudflows)
Mt. Rainier, Washington
Sunset Crater, Arizona
Eldfell, Heimaey, Iceland
Etna, Italy

List of active volcanoes

Popocatepetl, Mexico
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Mexico/description_mexico_volcanoes.html
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Mexico/Popocatepetl/framework.html
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/north_america/mexico/popocatepetl.html
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Vdap/Responses/popo_1994.html

Mt. St. Helens, Washington
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/description_msh.html

Hawaiian Islands (pick Kiaueau or Mauna Loa)
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/

Mt Pinatubo, Phillipines
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pinatubo/
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Philippines/Pinatubo/framework.html
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/southeast_asia/philippines/pinatubo.html
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/pinatubo/

Mt. Fuji, Japan
http://hakone.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/vrc/others/fuji.html
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/img_fuji.html

Ruiz, Colombia (mudflows)
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Hazards/What/Lahars/RuizLahars.html
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Colombia/Ruiz/description_eruption_lahar_1985.html
http://users.bendnet.com/bjensen/volcano/southamerica/colombia-ruiz.html

Mt. Rainier, Washington
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Rainier/framework.html
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/img_rainier.html

Sunset Crater, Arizona
[Warning: this volcano is neither a strato nor shield volcano. Name this kind of volcano and list 2 similarities and 2 differences with strato and shield volcanoes.]
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/VolcanicPast/Places/volcanic_past_arizona.html
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Arizona/SunsetCrater/framework.html
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/img_sunset.html
http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/docs/usgsnps/sunset/sunset1.html

Eldfell, Heimaey, Iceland
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/heimaey/ [PDF: a USGS general interest publication]
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/~boris/Heimaey.html

Etna, Italy
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/~boris/ETNA_news.html
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/img_etna.html
http://www.volcanolive.com/etna.html

General information about volcanoes
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Glossaries of Volcanic Terms
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/framework.html
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Products/Pglossary/pglossary.html
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/volcano_terminology.html

Other places to look for information on your volcano
http://users.bendnet.com/bjensen/volcano/
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/volc_images.html
http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/volcano/index.htm
http://www.volcanolive.com

Sites that list active volcanoes
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/current_volcs/current.html
http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/usgs/index.htm

Geologic setting and volcano types
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Volcanoes/Volcanoes10.html
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/volcano_types/type_can.htm
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/hotspots.html#anchor19620979