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somma [′säm·ə]

(geology)

The rim of a volcano.

Somma

(1) The name of a semicircular dome that is part of an ancient volcano near the Vesuvius crater.

(2) The name for a nested crater consisting of an old volcano at varying stages of destruction that includes a younger volcanic cone in its caldera or crater. Examples of sommas are Mount Somma, which surrounds Vesuvius, and Avachinskaia Sopka on Kamchatka.

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