dormant volcano

English

Noun

dormant volcano (plural dormant volcanoes or dormant volcanos)

(geology) A volcano that has not erupted for a considerable length of time, but is still capable of erupting.

Coordinate terms

(noun) active volcano, extinct volcano

Translations

inactive volcano that may resume activity

Chinese:
Mandarin: 休眠火山 (zh) (xiūmián huǒshān), 休火山 (zh) (xiūhuǒshān)
Crimean Tatar: söngen yanardağ
Dutch: slapende vulkaan m
Finnish: nukkuva tulivuori
French: volcan endormi (fr) m
Georgian: უმოქემდო ვულკანი (umokemdo vulḳani)
German: ruhender Vulkan m
Italian: vulcano quiescente m
Japanese: 休火山 (ja) (きゅうかざん, kyūkazan)
Polish: wulkan drzemiący m
Portuguese: vulcão dormente m
Russian: усну́вший вулка́н (ru) m (usnúvšij vulkán)
Spanish: volcán apagado m

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