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Japan's stratovolcano Sakurajima is a composite mountain with its summit is split into three peaks, Kitadake (northern peak), Nakadake (central peak) and Minamidake (southern peak) which is active now. Lava flows from 1914 caused the volcanoes' island to connect with Kyushu Island. Sakurajima is part of the Aira caldera which formed in a gigantic eruption approximately 22,000 years ago.

Sajama (Nevado Sajama) is an extinct stratovolcano and the highest peak in Bolivia.

For 123 years Mt. St. Helens in Washington state had been relatively quiet.

Then, in 1980, rumblings began, leading to a cataclysmic eruption that sent a plume of hot gas and ash some 19,000 meters into the air.

Sangay, a constantly active stratovolcano in southeastern Ecuador, is known for its explosive venting of thick ash clouds, which has built a dome since 1976.

Santa Maria, also known as Santiaguito, is an active volcano in the western highlands of Guatemala.

Santa Maria's 1902 eruption was one of the four largest eruptions of the 20th century (after the 1912 Novarupta and 1991 Pinatubo eruptions. It is also one of the five biggest eruptions of the past 200-300 years.)

Santorini, Greece, is the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions on Earth, leaving a large caldera that filled with waters from the Aegean. The eruption occurred some 3,600 years ago, at the height of the Minoan civilization.