cinder cone

[′sin·dər ‚kōn]

(geology)

A conical elevation formed by the accumulation of volcanic debris around a vent.

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The lowest temperatures in the Hawaiian Islands occur within a cinder cone crater near the summit of Mauna Kea.

THE COLDEST PLACES IN HAWAII: The Ice-Preserving Microclimates of High-Altitude Craters and Caves on Tropical Island Volcanoes: Permafrost and perennial cave ice are preserved in Hawaii as a result of microclimates

They are larger than cinder cones, rising up to 8,000 feet (2,438m).

Nature wonder: Volcanoes

What is the difference between the eruptions of composite and cinder cone volcanoes?

Comparing volcanoes

Made entirely from estate-grown grapes from the winery's Volcano Ridge vineyard, located on the steep slope of an extinct cinder cone volcano, the 2005 Eruption retails for $24.99 per 750 ml bottle.

2005 Volcano Ridge Eruption

We started off high in the hills overlooking Ponta Delgada at a cinder cone which had been opened up for quarrying.

Sight for Azores eyes; KATE WHITING was in seventh heaven among the lush faunas of the volcanic Azores Islands..

Cinder cone volcanoes arise from solid lava fragments thrown out to form a cinder pile.

Volcanoes

Cinder Cone, The Table, and Mount Garibaldi cannot be seen from the viewpoints indicated (but the above-mentioned trails do lead to stellar viewpoints of each of these features).

Geology of the Garibaldi Lake Region, Garibaldi Provincial Park

The rater is a particularly well-formed cinder cone, its rippling swell and bulk hinting slightly disturbingly at a living, organic presence beneath the desert earth.

Delight: deep inside a prehistorically ancient crater in the Arizona desert, artist James Turrell has created a complex series of chambers and tunnels to watch the sky and experience light

A candidate for federal listing as an endangered species, the wekiu bug was first discovered in 1979 by entomologists on Pu'u Wekiu, the summit cinder cone. "Wekiu" is Hawaiian for "topmost" or "summit." The wekiu bug belongs to the family Lygaeidae within the order of insects known as Heteroptera (true bugs).

Life in Mauna Kea's alpine desert

Named for its resemblance to a sorcerer's hat, the island is an infant cinder cone formed in Mount Mazama's basin before the water came.

Bicycling around Crater Lake National Park: Rim Drive's roller-coaster ups and downs show the lake in a new light on every visit

After an explosion, tephra settles to the ground around the volcano's vent (lava "pipeline"), forming the steep, loosely arranged sides of a cinder cone. Cinder cones typically have large bowl-shaped craters.