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...that the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption (pictured) in Washington was the first major volcanic eruption to occur in the U.S. since the 1915 eruption of Lassen Peak in California?
...that the evolution of Hawaiian volcanoes ends with the Guyot Stage, and that most, if not all, the volcanoes west of Kure Atoll are guyots?
...that the Irazú Volcano in Costa Rica erupted violently in 1963, on the day U.S. President John F. Kennedy arrived in the country for a state visit?
...that Ferdinandea was a volcanic island near Sicily which was claimed by four countries when it appeared in 1831, but was destroyed by erosion less than a year later?
...that the Iceland hotspot is partly responsible for the frequent volcanic eruptions and geothermal activity experienced in Iceland?
...that the only active volcano in South Asia is on Barren Island, one of India's Andaman Islands?
...that Imbabura is an inactive stratovolcano in northern Ecuador which is revered in local folklore as a protective parent?
..that one submarine volcano located in Banda Sea of Indonesia is called the Emperor of China?

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