Cinder Cone

 Caitlin D.

 

A cinder cone is a steep, conical hill of volcanic fragments that accumulate around and downwind from a vent.  Cinder cones range in size from tens to hundreds of meters tall.  Cinder cones are the simplest type of volcano.  Cinder cones are numerous in western North America as well as throughout other volcanic terrains of the world.

Cinder cone on Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawai`i.

This is a picture of the cinder cone, Pu`u ka Pele, that erupted on the southeast side of Mauna Kea Volcano. The cone is 95 m in height, and the diameter of the crater at the top is 400 m. Hualalai Volcano in background.

More Pictures of Cinder Cones            

Red Cones, Long Valley Caldera, California Cinder cone on Mount Etna, Italy
The Red Cones, Long Valley Caldera, CA

 Mount Etna, Italy

Tavurvur cinder cone, Rabaul Caldera, Papua New Guinea

 Cinder cone erupting within Mount Veniaminof, Alaska

Tavurvur, Rabaul Caldera, Papua New Guinea 

Mount Veniaminof, Alaska

Image, click to enlarge

Photograph of Parícutin Volcano, Mexico, a typical cinder cone

View north of Inyo Crater chain

 Parícutin Volcano, Mexico

Photograph of Wizard Island, a cinder cone in Crater Lake, Oregon

Crater Lake, Oregon; Wizard Island

An animated picture of a cinder cone.

Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument at sunset
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument

Cinder Cone at Little Lake, California

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Where I Found My Information

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Products/Pglossary/CinderCone.html