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Find out examples of active, dormant and extinct volcanoes.
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Examples of active volcanoes are -Mt. Etna (Italy), Stromboli (Italy), Mt. Mera pi (Indonesia), Erta Ale (Ethiopia), Mt. Erebus (Antarctica)
Examples of dormant volcanoes - Mt. Kilimanjaro (Africa), Mt. Katmai (Alaska)
Examples of extinct volcanoes - Mt. Egmont (New Zealand), Chimborazo (Ecuador), Mt. Kulal (Kenya)
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