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=== Volcanos ===
=== Volcanos ===
[[File:Mt.Mayon tam3rd.jpg|thumb|Mt.Mayon tam3rd|alt=Mt.Mayon tam3rd.jpg]]
[[File:Mt.Mayon tam3rd.jpg|thumb|Mt.Mayon, Philippines, with a "perfect" cone (wikipedia)]]
* Mt. Mayon, Philippines
* Mt. Mayon, Philippines
** a stratovolcano that has a near-perfectly symmetric, or "perfect", cone
** a stratovolcano that has a near-perfectly symmetric, or "perfect", cone
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** see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayon
** see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayon


[[File:Lanzarote 5 Luc Viatour.jpg|thumb|Lanzarote 5 Luc Viatour|alt=Lanzarote 5 Luc Viatour.jpg|World's longest "lava tube"]]
[[File:Lanzarote 5 Luc Viatour.jpg|thumb|Lanzarote 5 Luc Viatour|alt=Lanzarote 5 Luc Viatour.jpg|World's longest "lava tube" (wikipedia)]]
* Cueva de los Verdes ("the cave of Verdes")
* Cueva de los Verdes ("the cave of Verdes")
* * world's longest "lava tube" was created 3,000 years ago by the eruption of Monte Corona, Canary Islands
* * world's longest "lava tube" was created 3,000 years ago by the eruption of Monte Corona, Canary Islands