A shield volcano is a type of volcano named for its low profile, resembling a warrior's shield lying on the ground. It is formed by the eruption of highly fluid (low viscosity) lava, which travels ...

Down below, a car park was swallowed up by lava and buildings were evacuated, but there was said to be no threat to air ...

Image caption, This is lava running from a shield volcano - a volcano formed where the tectonic plates move away from each other. Shield volcanoes on the other hand form at constructive tectonic ...

Its lava flows have quite literally been erupting ... unlike the gently sloping shield volcanoes, like Kilauea. Pyroclastic flows are very fast avalanches of rock, ash and gas, which can reach ...

The world's biggest active volcano spans approximately 2,000 square miles and ascends about 13,600 feet above sea level - and ...

They can have violent eruptions and can grow bigger as layers of thick lava and ash harden on top of each other. Mount Etna in Sicily, Italy, is an example of a composite volcano. Shield volcanoes ...

Its many volcanoes are why Iceland is also known as the Land of Fire and Ice. There are two main reasons why Iceland is a ...

A volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland has erupted for the seventh time since December, prompting evacuation orders.

Kamaʻehuakanaloa is a shield volcano similar to the more notorious ... volcano on the islands with occasional steam rising from a lava flow field, but the observatory says the mountain is not ...