1. Mt. Erebus, Antarctica
  2. Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
  3. Mt. Merapi, Indonesia
  4. Mt. Vesuvius, Italy
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Option 2 : Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

The correct answer is Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania:

  • Kilimanjaro, a mountain in northeastern Tanzania, is the tallest free-standing mountain rise in the world.
  • Kilimanjaro is also a strato-like dormant volcano.
  • The last major eruption was about 100,000 years ago.

Type of Volcano Information Example
Active volcanoes If the volcanic eruptions are regular
even in the present times, then such
volcanoes are called active volcanoes
Mt Fujiyama in Japan, Mt.
Stromboli in the Mediterranean Sea
Dormant volcano When a volcano has not erupted since long but may become active suddenly it is called dormant volcano.

Mt. Vesuvius in Italy, Mt. Katmai in Alaska

Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.


Extinct volcanoes 
Those volcanoes which have not erupted in the past since long and are not likely to erupt in the future are called extinct volcanoes. 

Mount Buninyong in Victoria Australia.

 

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