Figure 14.18

Active stratovolcanoes in the Pacific Ring of Fire. The three stratovolcanoes shown here are a small sampling of the many active stratovolcanoes in the Pacific Ring of Fire. The eruption history of each volcano back to 1800 is shown with orange bars. The height of each bar represents that eruption’s VEI category. Eruption data are provided by the Global Volcanism Program administered by the Smithsonian Institution.

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