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Volcanoes of Eurasia & Oceania

1. Mount Bromo is one of the many peaks that make up the Tengger Caldera in Java. Bromo is one of the most photographed sites in Java and is easily recognized as much of its peak has been blasted off leaving a wide crater which continuously belches white sulphurous smoke.

2. Nea Kameni is a rarity as it was one of the few volcanoes to be observed rising from the sea. Created between 1707-1711 Nea Kameni eventually erupted in 1866 offering a spectacular fiery display before settling to become what it is today.

3. Mount Vesuvius near the Italian city of Naples is most famous for the eruption of AD 79 when devastating pyroclastic flows and ash covered the nearby cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, killing anyone not quick enough to escape. Vesuvius has erupted about 50 times since, sometimes with devastating effects. It’s thought to be the most dangerous in the world still as a population of about 3,000,000 people live around the base.

4. Mount Belinda Volcano on the remote island of Montagu in the South Sandwich Islands was thought to be inactive until it erupted in 2001, and it’s been erupting ever since. This false-color image shows hot areas in red, snow is blue, white indicates steam and grey, volcanic ash.

5. This eruption of Mount Etna was taken on 30 October 2002, which was one of the most vigorous in years. It was triggered by a series of earthquakes earlier in October 2002.

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6. The wonderfully symmetrical, perpetually snowcapped cone of Mount Fuji is probably one of Japan’s best known sights. Located just west of Tokyo, the active volcano has erupted 16 times in recorded history, the last being around 300 years ago in 1707/8.

7. Mount Merapi on the Indonesian island of java has erupted several times over the past century with devastating results. Hundreds of small villages sit at the foothills of the volcano and one of Java’s largest cities, Yogyakarta is just 18 miles away. The worst eruption was in 1930 when over 1,000 people died.

8. Mount Egmont in New Zealand last erupted in 1755 and is now protected territory within Egmont National Park where regulations have ensured survival of the surrounding forest up to a radius of 9.5km from the volcano’s summit.

9. Typical of many Pacific Rim islands, Bouganville, part of the Solomon Islands, is host to three large volcanoes – Mount Balbi, Mount Bagana and the Mount Takuan volcanic complex. Mount Bagana in the only active volcano.

10. Lying between Java and Sumatra, Anak Krakatau is a turbulent volcano with a consistent eruption history. It was created following the eruption of neighboring Krakatau, a volcano that exploded in 1883 and is still the biggest recorded bang in history. Anak Krakatau means child of Krakatau and has been growing in size since 1927. This image was taken during the eruption of 2005; loud booms where heard up to 25 miles (40km) away.

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