strato-volcano
strato-volcano (composite volcano) Volcano built up of layers of lava alternating with beds of ash and other pyroclastics and with material eroded from higher slopes of the cone. Many of the world's highest volcanoes are of this type, and include Mt. Fuji (Japan) and Mt. Egmont (North Island, New Zealand).
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