Whats are Volcanoes ??

 A volcano is a mountain or hill that has a hole through the crater or vent that enters to a pool of molten rock and magma below the surface of the Earth.The word Volcano comes from  Roman name  ''Vulcan"  which means God of Fire.

Volcanoes are located all over the world  and are in different sizes. The largest volcano in the world is in Mauna Lao and the largest Volcano in the Solar System is in Mars also known as The Red Planet.

Mount Mauna Lao

Mount Lao is located in Hawaii Big island.When  measured  its length it was 17000 m ( 56000 ft)!!The Mount was covered with pile of lava. The weight of the Volcano was  that much heavy that it bent the oceanic crust under  the volcano.It is considered the Earths most  active volcano and it erupted  33 times in the Historic times.It last erupted in 1948.

FACTS ABOUT

• Approximately  350 million people are living in danger areas of active Volcanoes.
• Temperature of  Lava from a volcano can reach 1,250 degree Celsius.
• Volcanoes are located throughout our Solar System.
• Due to eruption of Mount Vesuvius an Italian town Pompeii was  destroyed completely and the remains of the people were found.