Extinct Volcano

fourpeaked volcano, alaska, in september 2006 after being thought extinct on 10,000 years



mount rinjani eruption in 1994, in lombok, indonesia

extinct volcanoes scientists consider unlikely erupt again because volcano no longer has magma supply. examples of extinct volcanoes many volcanoes on hawaiian – emperor seamount chain in pacific ocean (although volcanoes on island of hawaii active), hohentwiel in germany, shiprock in new mexico, , zuidwal volcano in netherlands. edinburgh castle in scotland famously located atop extinct volcano. otherwise, whether volcano extinct difficult determine. since supervolcano calderas can have eruptive lifespans measured in millions of years, caldera has not produced eruption in tens of thousands of years considered dormant instead of extinct. volcanologists refer extinct volcanoes inactive, though term more commonly used dormant volcanoes once thought extinct.