This group collects the Volcanic Formations subcategory's members whose own description identifies them as a cinder cone, scoria cone, volcanic cone or a volcanic field made up of such cones, the steep, loose-pyroclastic landforms built up around a single vent by explosive fountaining rather than by broad lava flows or by one large eruption. France's Chaine des Puys and Peru's Andagua volcanic field are among this group's multi-cone volcanic fields, alongside several individually named cinder cones.
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Defining ProcessA steep conical landform of loose pyroclastic fragments built up around a volcanic vent. 1 All Cinder Cones and Volcanic Cones
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1. Wikipedia: Cinder cone
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A cinder cone or scoria cone is a steep, conical landform of loose pyroclastic fragments, such as volcanic ash, clinkers, or scoria, that has been built around a volcanic vent.
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