It is part of an old shield volcano that was active around 18 million years ago.

The mountain is the peak of the large shield volcano which forms the island.

Even though their sides are not very steep, shield volcanoes can be huge.

None of the shield volcanoes in the region are known to have erupted within the last 5000 years.

The giant shield volcanoes are younger, formed between 1 and 2 billion years ago.

Shield volcano itself is taken from the German term schildvulkan.

It has been confirmed that low shield volcanoes exist in this region.

The craters are at the summit of a broad shield volcano.

The temple rests atop a shield volcano, as does much of the city.

Shield volcanoes are known to form on other planets.

To our right, many kilometers away, from the look of it, rose a blackened shield volcano.

Too small to keep those famous shield volcanoes smoking.

Many shield volcanoes erupt with great frequency (every few years or so).

Shield volcanoes are very broad at the base and have gradual slopes.

It also contains a large number of small shield volcanoes and other volcanic structures.

It is a shield volcano with a volcanic neck protruding from the center.

The field trends north to south and is dominated by seven small shield volcanoes that may have each erupted only once.

The island consists of a large shield volcano similar in form to the Hawaiian volcanoes.

He saw the three great shield volcanoes sitting atop the Tharsis ridge.

'You know it's the only big shield volcano with a surrounding escarpment.

They were formed around 190, 000 years ago following a three-month eruption of a single shield volcano.

It comprises three shield volcanoes from which Tuzovsky is the higher one.

Timber Crater is a shield volcano located in the northeast corner of the park.

The twin islands, formed from shield volcanoes, have a combined length of 6km.

The island of Savai'i is an active shield volcano.