Geography

The first records of eruptions date back to 1500 BC. It is estimated that there have been about 200 ...

Fira is a picturesque town on the bay, located on the caldera banks. It looks like it was carved out of a rock. It became the capital of the island in the 19th century.

The name of the peak comes from the monastery built in 1712 at its peak. The monastery suffered a bi ...

Cinder cones are steep, cone-shaped volcanoes that form around a volcanic vent. They are often characterized by a symmetrical structure. Paricutin volcano is no different in this respect.

Only about 58 000 people live there so the population density is 0,044 people per km² (0,116 per sq mi).

The volcanic winter of 1816 affected the whole world. The eruption of Mount Tambora covered Earth wi ...

These are largely relict, non-renewable bodies of water that date back to times when the Sahara had ...

Its average height is 4150 meters above the mean sea level. El Alto is one of the fastest-growing cities in Bolivia with over 940 thousand citizens.