Portal:Volcanoes/Did you know/5

... that the Ionian volcano Pele, encircled by its own reddish plume deposit (pictured), was named after a volcano goddess in Hawaiian mythology?
... that some of the thrust horses in Montana's Adel Mountains Volcanic Field fold some of the intrusions, while others are cut by them?
... that although no eruptions from the Segula Volcano have been recorded, there are lava flows on it which may only be a few hundred years old?
... that although in theory a common mineral below the earth's surface, coyoteite has been found at the surface only in one volcanic pipe?
... that the submarine volcanoes of the Vance Seamounts are pocketed by multiple calderas, many of which have been almost erased by newer flows?
... that the eight volcanoes of the President Jackson Seamounts are heavily pocketed by 29 calderas and pit craters?
... that the Ionian volcano Tupan Patera, whose activity was first detected by Galileo in 1996, was named after the thunder god of the Tupí-Guaraní indigenous peoples in Brazil?
... that the Ionian volcano Tawhaki Patera and the nearby valley Tawhaki Vallis are both named after the Māori lightning deity, Tāwhaki?

More did you know facts

More...