Deep within Africa’s Great Rift Valley, Virunga National Park is home to some of the continent’s most active volcanoes, ...

They're also called composite volcanoes. Mount Rainier in Washington is a famous stratovolcano. Shield volcanoes are big, broad volcanoes made up of oozy lava flows that erupt from multiple vents.

Patricia] Kīlauea is a little bit different from sort of the stereotypical pointy cone volcano because it's called a shield volcano. Shield volcanoes form when lava is extra runny and can go ...