Where on Earth? - January 2010

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Clues for January 2010:

1. Rising more than 200 meters above the surrounding area, this volcano is actually a pile of scoria — a bubbly and glassy volcanic rock that forms when lava ejected from a volcano cools midair.

2. The volcano was originally thought to have formed in about 1850, thanks to “eyewitness accounts” and what turned out to be faulty scientific observations and assumptions. Radiocarbon evidence from surrounding dead trees as well as paleomagnetic evidence has put the eruption in about 1650.

3. Named after one of the four types of volcanoes, this volcano is situated in a national park that also contains the three other types of volcanoes: shield, plug dome and composite.

Name this volcano and its location.

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