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=== Volcanos === | === Volcanos === | ||
[[File:Mt.Mayon tam3rd.jpg|thumb|Mt.Mayon | [[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 | ||