Cinder Cone Volcanoes

Cinder Cone Volcanoes

Cinder cones are simple volcanoes which have a bowl-shaped crater at the summit and rarely rise more than a thousand feet above their surroundings.

Cinder Cones usually are created of eruptions from a single vent, and are composed solely of lava remnants. Cinders of lava, blown into the air during eruptions, break into small fragments that fall into a pile around the vent. The pile forms an oval-shaped small volcano, as shown in this picture. Famous cinder cones include Paricutin in Mexico. Another well known cinder cone is in the middle of Crater Lake.

Crater Lake in Oregon, USA   This is an image of Crater Lake in Oregon, USA.

Paracutin in Mexico   All that's left of the town of Uruapan is the church tower. The small town was covered within days of Paracutins's first eruption.