Stratovolcanoes are cone-shaped volcanoes that build up from layer after layer of lava and ash, one eruption at a time. They're also called composite volcanoes. Mount Rainier in Washington is a ...

Etna is a composite volcano, also called stratovolcano, a conical volcano built up of many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. It is characterised by a steep profile with a summit crater ...

At destructive boundaries - where tectonic plates are moving towards each other - you’ll find composite volcanoes. Composite volcanoes have very sticky and thick lava, which can make them very ...

A volcano is an opening in the Earth's crust that allows magma, hot ash and gases to escape. Composite volcanoes are the most common type of volcano. They can have violent eruptions and can grow ...

Examples: Paricutin in Mexico, Sunset Crater in Arizona. – Composite volcanoes or stratovolcanoes: These are symmetrical, cone-shaped and have a conduit system through which magma flows to the ...