How to Use stratovolcano in a Sentence

stratovolcano

noun
  • Mount Fuji, a stratovolcano, stands alone and is often seen snow-capped.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Mount Liamuiga, the island’s stratovolcano, looms inland and can be seen for much of the journey.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026
  • Already, wildflowers have begun to sprout in around Mount Rainier, a large active stratovolcano for which the park is named.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 26 June 2019
  • And to the south, Mount Hood towers, an active stratovolcano with hiking, biking, and skiing on its flanks.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2026
  • Perched on the edge is a small stratovolcano (or possibly a cinder cone) of unknown age known as Morro de San Diego.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 10 July 2013
  • When a stratovolcano explodes, toxic gases and hot volcanic fragments can race down the mountainside with hurricane force.
    — National Geographic, 21 May 2016
  • This is typical for a volcano like Fuego, a stratovolcano in a subduction zone, where one plate is sliding under another.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2018
  • Scientists detected a lava fountain at the summit of Great Sitkin, also a stratovolcano with a caldera and dome.
    — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Mount Bachelor is the friendly local stratovolcano just 20 miles west of downtown Bend.
    — Sierra Vandervort, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2026
  • The freestanding stratovolcano just north of Redding is California’s fifth-highest peak and home to the state’s largest and longest glaciers.
    — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 May 2021
  • From there to the Oregon border, the skyline is dominated by the Mount Shasta stratovolcano.
    — Outside Online, 1 June 2021
  • Mount Liamuiga is described on AllTrails as a stratovolcano standing at 3,793 feet above sea level.
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
  • Mayon, located in the Albay province, is a stratovolcano—steep volcanoes built up by eruptions of volcanic material over the course of thousands of years.
    — Time, 15 June 2023
  • The stratovolcano peaks at an elevation of more than 14,000 feet, and the climbers, two men, were stranded at around 13,500 feet.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The photos released this week by NASA show volcanic plumes that rarely rise from the stratovolcano, which is almost half-a-mile wide and 650 feet deep.
    — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 27 June 2019
  • Also known as Mount Tacoma, this hulking stratovolcano is the tallest mountain in the state and a beloved fixture of the Seattle-Tacoma skyline.
    — Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The stratovolcano rises nearly 7,000 vertical feet above the valley floor, and the top portion of the peak is shrouded in white year-round and ringed by seven different glaciers.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 10 Mar. 2026
  • At 8,929 feet, this small stratovolcano is the highest point in Crater Lake National Park, and the views from the top are outstanding.
    — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 24 Mar. 2021
  • This phase marks the formation of a stratovolcano structure in the Etna edifice and the superposition of different eruptive centers.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2019
  • Mount Ruang is a stratovolcano, which are typically conical and relatively steep-sided due to the formation of viscous, sticky lava that does not flow easily.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Whereas Kilauea, a shield volcano, is characterized by large globs of slow-moving lava inching out of fissures, Fuego, a stratovolcano, is prone to spewing fast-moving flows of ash, lava, and mud.
    — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 4 June 2018
  • Episodic low-level ash emissions and minor explosions have been detected by a webcam set up on the summit of the 8,261-foot stratovolcano, which is usually covered in snow and ice.
    — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Aug. 2021
  • The Cascades also feature Mount Saint Helens, the active stratovolcano that last erupted in 2008.
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2024
  • The simulation, part of disaster preparedness week, is based on previous eruptions of the 3,776-meters-high active stratovolcano.
    — David Bressan, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Eruption of Tungurahua volcano, an active stratovolcano located in the Cordillera Oriental of Ecuador.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2017
  • Mount Agung, a giant stratovolcano that dominates northern Bali’s landscape, is likely to blow, according to Indonesia’s national volcano monitor.
    — Jon Emont, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Climate change explained by Ginger Zee Mount Rainer, the active stratovolcano located in Washington state, is likely shrinking due to climate change, according to new research.
    — Daniel Peck, ABC News, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Only 16 miles from the equator, Quito captivated readers with delicious Ecuadorian cuisine, beautiful historic churches and cathedrals, and a nearby active stratovolcano.
    — Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
  • The mountain of the film’s title is a 2,518-meter dormant stratovolcano located on New Zealand’s North Island, and known as Taranaki Maunga.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Spend your time hiking to waterfalls, stargazing in telescopes, mountain biking rainforest singletrack, kayaking through mangrove forests, or floating in an inner tube down Rio Blanco Canyon below the Miravalles stratovolcano.
    — Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 5 Apr. 2019

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