When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Sunset Crater, located in north-central Arizona, is the youngest volcano found on the ...

Some scientists will go anywhere for a proper test, including the mouth of a (sleeping) Hawaiian volcano. One researcher led an expedition into a cinder cone atop Mauna Kea, Hawaii, to test the ...

Climbing Cinder Cone is a steep, slow slog but worth every step. Waiting at the top of the 6,907-foot volcano are a sense of accomplishment and amazing views. A trail circles the rim, providing ...

Lassen Volcanic National Park, California (CNN)-- "I commend you for wanting to try the Cinder Cone trail," the park ranger said ominously at the visitor center of Lassen Volcanic National Park in ...

Small, monogenetic cinder cones and shield volcanoes occur in platform cone fields behind the volcanic front of Central America. Their lavas (BVF suite) are distinctly different from typical volcanic ...