Famous Volcanoes - Statistics

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Clue	Volcano	% Correct
Europe's most active volcano	Mount Etna	100%
Highest point in Japan	Mount Fuji	100%
Buried the city of Pompeii under thick ash, leaving it frozen in time	Mount Vesuvius	100%
Tallest mountain from base to peak (its base is in the ocean)	Mauna Kea	89%
Highest point in Africa	Mount Kilimanjaro	89%
Due to the Earth's equatorial bulge, the summit of this volcano is the farthest point from its center	Chimborazo	78%
Noah's Ark supposedly landed here	Mount Ararat	78%
Looms over Seattle's skyline	Mount Rainier	78%
Caused the largest landslide in recorded history in 1980	Mount St. Helens	78%
Highest point in Europe	Mount Elbrus	67%
Second highest point in Africa	Mount Kenya	67%
Erupted in 1991 on Luzon	Mount Pinatubo	67%
"Lighthouse of the Mediterranean"	Stromboli	67%
Its massive caldera is the center of a U.S. national park	Yellowstone	67%
Most active Hawaiian volcano	Kilauea	56%
Created the loudest sound in history in 1883, measuring 310 dB	Krakatoa	56%
Devastated Martinique in 1902	Mount Pelée	44%
Created an ash cloud in 2010 that disrupted European air travel (just type the first 4 letters)	Eyjafjallajökull	33%
Can be seen on the mainland of Africa from Malabo, Equatorial Guinea	Mount Cameroon	33%
Southernmost active volcano on Earth	Mount Erebus	33%
"Year Without a Summer" cause	Mount Tambora	33%
Killed 23,000 in Armero, Colombia	Nevado del Ruiz	33%
Located north of Goma, DRC	Nyiragongo	33%
Highest volcano above sea level	Ojos del Salado	22%
Highest point in the Azores	Mount Pico	11%
Highest point in Mexico	Pico de Orizaba	11%

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