Dan's+Volcano

====Mount saint Helens is a volcano in the north west United States. Mount Saint Helens was named after the British diplomat that discovered it. The peak of Mount Saint Helens is 8,363 above sea level. Mount saint Helens is part of the Cascade Volcanic Ark. It is located on land in Washington state. it is part of __the ring of fire__. mount saint helens is a __cinder cone volcano__==== ====Mount Saint Helens has erupted many times, but its most devastating eruption was on May 18 1980. Most of the mountains __eruptions are explosive__ and destructive. Mount Saint Helens is a Strato-volcano. The volcano is __dormant__ to this day but it still could erupt again in the future. Mount Saint Helens erupted so violently it blew up part of the peak of the volcano. Some of the __eruptions had to be quiet__ and constructive in order for the mountain part of the volcano to form around the __pipe__, but most of the closest eruptions have been explosive and destructive. ==== ====Mount Saint Helens is located on the boundary between the north american plate and the pacific plate. This is a convergent plate boundary which means the to plates are running into each other. The __volcano__ is considered a boundary volcano. Mount Saint Helens is located on the north american plate even though it is on a plate boundary. It is not part of an __island ark__ because it is a land volcano. it is not a __hot spo__t volcano because it is on a plate boundary==== ====Mount Saint Helens is near the forest. It is also near other smaller mountains. The eruption of 1980 was the most economic devastating volcano eruption in the United States of America. There are no myths or legends surrounding the volcano's eruptions. When Mount Saint Helens erupted in 1980 it destroyed houses but most importantly it destroyed all the wildlife and trees that were in the area, and the cloud of ash smothered bushes and trees.==== ====Did you know that 3600 years ago native american's were forced to leave their hunting grounds due to the threat of an eruption. in the spring of 1980 the rising land moved the volcanoes sides 5 feet. After the 1980 eruption the cloud of ash circled the earth in just 15 days. following the 1980 eruption the peak of the mountain dropped 1,300 feet due to the explosion.====

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