Alex

**Volcano Assignment due Friday, June 1st:**
====__Find a real life example of a type of volcano.__==== ====__Find your name on the right and post a picture with at least 5 pieces of information about your volcano.__====

__Include the type of volcano.__
====__Include the type of plate boundary the volcano exists on (divergent, convergent, hot spot...)__==== ====__Include which tectonic plates are involved with this volcano.__==== My project is based on Rabaul.
 * __Five points: __**
 * 1) Rabaul volcano is __one__ of the most dangerous volcanoes in Papua new Guniea.
 * 2) A major eruption occurred on 1994 and destroyed the city of Rabaul.
 * 3) A smaller volcano named Tavurur (Located inside the caldera) has persistent activity in form of strombolian to volcanic ash eruptions.
 * 4) The volcano measures around 8 X 14 km and was most likely formed by at least two major eruptions.
 * 5) Three smaller stratovolcanoes lie north and north-east outside of the caldera.
 * 6) In 1944 Tavurur erupted and forced the temporary abandonment of the Rabaul city.
 * 7) A large culcanian eruption occurred on the 7th of October 2006. A bright glow was visible during the evening of 7th October on Tavurvur's North rim.

his shows a diagram representing what type of volcano Rabaul is media type="youtube" key="Her8njlGtQI" width="420" height="315"
 * __Three Points explaining where the volcano is and what type of volcanoe Rabaul is:__**
 * 1) Rabaul is the easternmost volcano of the volcanic Bismarck arc and is located on the edge of the Gazelle Peninsula
 * 2) My Volcano lies on the South Bismarck Plate and is near the Northern Bismarck Plate
 * 3) Rabaul is a pyroclastic shield volcano
 * 4) The Rabaul volcano lies on the Papua New Guinea Convergent Australasia Pacific

This is a satelite image of Rabaul