are there any extinct volcanoes in uk?
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There are no active volcanoes in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, but there are a few non-active volcanoes in some British Overseas Territories. Queen Mary's Peak in Tristan da Cunha erupted in 1961-2. ... Below is a list of extinct volcanoes in the United Kingdom.
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['Ordovician-silurian Extinction: 440 million years ago.', 'Devonian Extinction: 365 million years ago.', 'Permian-triassic Extinction: 250 million years ago.', 'Triassic-jurassic Extinction: 210 million years ago.', 'Cretaceous-tertiary Extinction: 65 Million Years Ago.']
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A dormant volcano is an active volcano that is not erupting, but supposed to erupt again. An extinct volcano has not had an eruption for at least 10,000 years and is not expected to erupt again in a comparable time scale of the future.
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Active volcanoes in the Solar System Mars, Venus and the Jupiter moon Europa might still have volcanic activity as well, but there have been no direct observations of eruptions as evidence so far.
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Hawaii's Active Volcanoes. Two of the world's most active volcanoes - Kilauea and Maunaloa - can be found on Hawaii Island. Maunaloa last erupted in 1984, and Kilauea's last eruption was 1983-2018. Other volcanoes on Hawaii Island include: Maunakea, Hualalai, and Kohala.
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A volcano which has not erupted in the past 10,000 years is often listed as extinct. The extinct volcano no longer has a lava supply. An extinct volcano is no longer near an active geologic hot spot, if it ever was. ... Dormant volcanos may still erupt, whereas extinct ones cannot.
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Borrowdale Volcanic Group Found in the central Lake District, the 'Borrowdale Volcanics' are very hard lavas and ashes formed in catastrophic eruptions about 450 million years ago. They make up the highest and craggiest mountains: Scafell, Helvellyn and the Langdale Pikes.
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Answer and Explanation: The Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution lists no volcanoes in the country of Jamaica.
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Rare long-eared bats endangered in UK. The grey long-eared bat, one of the UK's rarest mammals, is in danger of disappearing if it's not given extra protection. A study by scientists at the University of Bristol found there were only about 1,000 of the bats left in the UK.
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California has active and hazardous volcanoes. Map of moderate, high and very high threat volcanoes monitored by the California Volcano Observatory in California and Nevada. (Public domain.) California is host to all every type of volcano.
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Volcanoes may seem to be non-existent in Canada. There has been only one documented volcanic eruption in Canada in more-recent historical times, but there are many dormant volcanoes in western Canada, particularly in northwestern British Columbia. The entire western Cordillera (BC-Yukon) remains geologically active.
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The steep-walled caldera contains Lake Toba, the largest volcanic lake on the planet. Erupting at least 2800 km3 of magma in a single event 74,000 years ago, it ranks as the largest volcanic eruption of the Quaternary geologic period, qualifying as an 8.8 magnitude eruption.
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Its main feature is the astounding Ngorongoro Crater which is famous for being the largest inactive and intact volcanic caldera in the whole world. A result of a major explosion and collapse about 2 to 3 million years ago, the Crater was officially hailed as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa in 2015.
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Currently, there are NO ACTIVE flows inside or outside of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. See our 'What's Happening Now' section below for more information. Before 2018, you could just as easily have witnessed lava flows chewing on Chain of Craters Road as you could view a steam plume from afar.
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Navajo Mountain and the Henry Mountains are all examples of volcanoes that never quite made the grade about 20 to 30 million years ago when the magma was first injected.
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Answer: No, volcanoes generally are found along the zone of collision of pales or along some fault line.