Volcanoes

As we wave farewell to another successful year of Google Sightseeing, let us cast our minds back to some of the best posts of 2010, all summarised neatly into some arbitrary made-up categories!   Most comprehensive sightseeing tour We like…

Take a look at the Queen Kaahumanu Hwy on the western coast of Hawaii's Big Island, and for miles and miles you'll see white graffiti laid out over the hardened, black lava fields! Not to worry however, the messages aren't…

Zoom in on the South Shetland Islands, just off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, and you'll see what appears to be a giant Cheerio floating in the South Atlantic. This is actually Deception Island, an oddly shaped chunk…

It may not have a "mount" or "volcano" anywhere in its name, but the islands of Santorini (aka Thira) are actually the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recorded history! That's a pretty good reason why there…

Mount Kilimanjaro is an inactive stratovolcano and is the highest mountain in Africa. At 5,893 metres (19,334 ft) above sea level, it is also the tallest freestanding1 mountain in the world. Mount Kilimanjaro is also known for its glaciers at…

The solitary road that leads to the top of Capulin Volcano National Monument in northeast New Mexico curves gracefully around to the top of the crater. Capulin Volcano is an almost-perfect cone-shaped inactive volcano that rises more than 300 metres…