Cinder cones are the smallest and simplest type of volcano. But that doesn't mean they can't pack a punch. Best described as steep, conical hills, cinder cones are formed by pyroclastic rock ...

More than 600 cinder cones comprise the 1,800-square-mile San Francisco Volcano Field and its south-central edge of Flagstaff in Coconino County.

Capulin Volcano National Monument was established in 1916 to protect an incredibly well-preserved and extinct symmetrical cinder cone volcano that is an amazing specimen of its kind.

Specimens occur in volcanic tuff becoming larger and more plentiful along the 1 mile hike to the amphitheater or exposed interior of the cinder cone, which was caused by a phreatomagmatic eruption ...

Our vibrant nation of the Philippines is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world. Subject to tropical ...

Sitting in the shadows of the Cinder Cone volcano, the otherworldly red and orange mounds are formed of oxidised volcanic ash layers and dotted with pine trees.