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The World's Top 10 Volcanoes
When I was 21, I spent one hot, sweaty day hiking over loosely-packed to shale to arrive at our destination: the peak of the Volcano on the island of Santorini in Greece. I had envisioned the volcanoes from the movies -- steaming, black and full of red-hot molten lava, but this just looked like a large pile of rocks with a crater in the middle. I mean, it's pretty obvious that hiking up an active volcano wouldn't be safe, but this was still a bit of let-down, especially after a tedious hike after a late night of drinking Ouzo. I've seen better vistas on hikes before than this one. Still, it might be worth a visit if even just to say you've hiked up a volcano.But there are definitely better volcanoes out there to see, like the ones mentioned on this list of the world's top 10 volcanoes. Here's what made the list:
- Kilauea - Hawaii
- Mount Liamuiga Volcano - St Kitts
- Mount Kilimanjaro - Tanzania
- Mount Vesuvius - Italy
- Augustine, Douglas, Illiamna and Redoubt volcanoes - Alaska
- Niyragongo Volcano - Zaire
- Yellowstone - United States
- Shiga volcanic complex - Japan
- Ambrym Volcano - Vanuatu
- Mount Taranaki -- New Zealand
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Marilyn Terrell Sep 4th 2007 5:02PM
Stromboli, anyone?
Martha Aug 31st 2007 5:02PM
GREAT suggestion Marilyn. I hadn't thought of that one.