Although this half term has only just ended, we like to prepare for the future at Cathedral School. Next half term we will be looking at mountains and volcanoes in geography.
Use this space to post any interesting facts you’ve found about mountains or volcanoes and we will use these in our lessons.
Also let me know anything you would like to find out or activities relating volcanoes and mountains.
Mount Cotopaxi, Ecuador, is one of the highest volcanoes in the world.
1. Cotopaxi is very near the equator.
2. It’s 31 miles south of the capital Quito and can be seen from there on a clear day.
3. It has erupted more than 50 times since 1738.
4. It’s one of the only volcanoes on the equator to have glaciers.
5. It releases 20,000 tonnes of sulphur dioxide every day.
Mount Kilimanjaro 5 facts:
Mount Kilimanjaro is located in Africa, Tanzania.
It is the tallest mountain in Africa.
The Chagga people, who number around 1,000,000 call Kilimanjaro “home”.
Kilimanjaro is around 5895 metres tall.
At the bottom, there are a few bits of farmland.
1. The top of a mountain is called a summit and the bottom is called a base.
2. The highest mountain in the world is Mount Everest in Nepal.
3. A group of mountains is called a mountain range.
4. In the UK the highest mountain is Ben Nevis – it’s 1,344 metres high.
5. Mauna Loa in Hawaii is the largest active volcano in the world.
I have researched Pica de Orizaba. A famous mountain in Mexico. Here are some interesting facts about it.
1)The height of Pica de Orizaba is 5,636m.
2) Pico de Orizaba last erupted between 1545 and 1566.
3) It is located in East-central Mexico.
4) It is the third highest mountain in North America.
5) Orizaba is a bastardised Spanish word from the Aztecan name Ahuilizapa.
Mount Everest
* Everest is 29,035 feet and in meters it is 8848 m tall.
* It is over 60 million years old.
* It is located in the Himalayas on the border of Nepal and Tibet.
* Around 3,000 people have successfully climbed this mountain.
* It grows by about 0.25 every year.
My facts are on Mount Etna.
It is almost 11,000 feet high, making it the highest mountain in Italy.
It is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. Almost half of Etna’s major eruptions
have happened during the last 100 years.
The volcano covers a huge area, of over 460 square miles. About one quarter of the
population of the island of Sicily lives on its slopes.
It is estimated that more than 70 people have died as a result of Mount Etna’s eruptions.
The mineral rich lava is seen as a good thing by nearby farmers, as it makes the soil more
fertile.
Mount Etna is popular with tourists, who climb or ski on the mountain.
Local people often call Etna ‘Mongibello’ meaning ‘beautiful mountain’ in Italian.
The volcano is currently erupting. Two weeks before the volcano became active, my Nana and
Grandad climbed up it.
mountains make up about one fifth of the world’s landscape and provide one tenth of the world’s people.
heights of mountains are generally are given heights above sea level.
About 80 percent of our planets fresh water originates in the mountains .
Aguajito is 4,300 feet long.
Paricutin last eruption was in 1952.
Paricutin is 2,800 metres long.
El jurullo is 1330 metres long.
El Chichon last eruption was in 1983
I know some facts about volcanoes and mountains. The first three of these facts are about volcanoes. The last two are about mountains.
1)The Earth’s crust is made up of huge slabs called plates, which fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. These plates sometimes move. Between the Earth’s crust and the mantle is a substance called magma which is made of rock and gases. When two plates collide, one section slides on top of the other, the one beneath is pushed down. Magma is squeezed up between two plates. 2)The word volcano comes from the little island of volcano in the Mediterranean sea off Sicily. The ancient romans believed that volcano was the chimney of the forge of volcan-the blacksmith of the roman gods. 3)There are round about 1,510 active volcanoes. Scientist have found 80 or more volcanoes which are under the ocean. 4)Mountains usually have steep, sloping sides and sharp or slightly rounded ridges and peaks. 5)Mountains are formed through varying causes, there are several distinct types of mountains. 6)More than half of the world’s fresh water originates in mountains, and all the world’s major rivers are fed from mountain sources.
on average mount Rushmore has 3,000,000 visitors a year
it took 14 years for 400 people to build mount Rushmore
the faces on it are 60 ft high
the noses on the faces are roughly 20ft long
the eyes of each face are 11 ft wide
Mount Vesuvius:
It is one of the most well known volcanoes in the world. It is located in Italy, on the Gulf of Naples, about 9 miles from the City of Naples.
It is about 4, 190 feet high, measures about 30 miles around it’s base. Geologists estimate it to be around 17, 000 years old.
Vesuvius is the only volcano on the European mainland that has erupted during the last century and is still active. It has erupted over 50 times during the last 2,000 years.
The most famous eruption happened in 79 AD. Mount Vesuvius erupted continuously for almost a day, killing thousands of people and completely burying the nearby city of Pompeii. The town of Herculaneum was also buried
Mount Vesuvius is actually a volcano within a volcano and is known as a stratovolcano because of its conical shape. The twodistinct cones are separated by a 3 mile long valley.
The volcano was made a National Park in 1995. Visitors can climb the mountain and walk to within 200 yards of the summit, where sulfuric smoke can be seen coming out of the crater.
I think that I will really enjoy learning about Mountains and Volcanoes!!! 🙂
A volcano is a mountain that opens downward to a pool of molten rock below the ground of the earth. When pressure builds up, eruptions occur.
In an eruption, gases and rock shoot up from the volcano and spill over or fill the air with lava fragments. Eruptions can cause lava flows, hot ash flows, mudslides, avalanches, falling ash and floods.
The danger area around a volcano covers about a 20-mile radius.
Fresh volcanic ash, made of pulverized rock, can be harsh, acidic, gritty, glassy and smelly. The ash can cause damage to the lungs of older people, babies and people with respiratory problems.
Volcanic lightning happens mostly within the cloud of ash during an eruption, and is created by the friction of the ash rushing to the surface. Roughly 200 accounts of this lightning have been witnessed live.
1. Popocatepetl is a volcano near Mexico City, Mexico. 2. It is pronounced ‘Pop-oh-cat-eh-pet-al”. 3. It last erupted on the 8th May 2013. 4.It’s name is the Aztec word for smoking mountain. 5. It is 5,426m high.
It is 5636 m tall.
It is in Veracruz-Puebla Mexico.
It was formed in 3 different stages beginning during the mid-Pielstocene.
Pico de orizaba facts.
– Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano in mainland Europe.
-It overlooks the Bay and City of Naples and sits in the crater of the ancient Somma volcano.
-Vesuvius is most famous for the 79 AD eruption which destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
-Mount Vesuvius has experienced eight major eruptions in the last 17,000 years. The 79 AD eruption is one of the most well known ancient eruptions in the world, and may have killed more than 16,000 people.
-Vesuvius is part of the Campanian volcanic arc, a line of volcanoes that formed over a subduction zone created by the convergence of the African and Eurasian plates. ***I would really like to study more about this.
I enjoyed reaserching about this particular volcanoe and will enjoy learning about it in Geography.
Volcan de Colima
*It is the youngest of 3.
*It has erupted more than 40 times since 1576.
*Last erupted in 2014 to 2015 .
*One of the largest eruptions was between 20th and 24th January 1913.
*It is one of Mexicos most active volcano.
Mount Vesuvius:
1-Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano in mainland Europe, and has produced some of the most largest volcanic eruptions in the continent
2-It is located on the West coast of Italy in a city called Naples and sits in the crater of the ancient Sommer volcano
3-It is most famous for a massive volcanic eruption during 79 AD, destroying the Roman cities Pompeii and nearby Herculaneum
4-Mount Vesuvius last erupted in 1944 and it still represents danger to the close cities surrounding Naples
5-In 79 AD, Vesuvius killed around 16, 000 people and making ash, mud and rocks bury the cities Pompeii and Herculaneum
1) Volcande Paricutin is located in the state of Michoacán in Mexico. It is the youngest volcano to form in the Northern Hemisphere
2) An Indian Farmer discovered Volcande Paricutin as a hot mound of soil growing under his corn field on February 20th 1943
3) The ground in the Farmers field suddenly rose up 6 feet releasing ash and sulphur fumes; the volcano was born
4) Later the evening the mound had a small volcanic cone, releasing ash and flames as high as 2625 feet in the air
5) However, two weeks before this, local villagers had heard loud rumblings in the ground and felt is shake!
Volcanoes are really big and huge and also dangerous .