INQUIRER.net: Monster volcano is one of the biggest in Solar System

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Monster volcano is one of the biggest in Solar System Sep 5th 2013, 22:43 PARIS – Geologists on Thursday announced they had uncovered a stupendous volcano that is the biggest in the world and rivals the greatest in the Solar System.   Dubbed Tamu Massif, the volcano is part of the Shatsky Rise, a deep plateau on the floor of the Pacific located around 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) east of Japan, they said.   It comprises a single, immense, rounded dome in the shape of a shield, formed of hardened lava from an eruption around 144 million years ago.   It covers around 310,000 square kilometers (119,000 square miles) –  the equivalent area of Britain and Ireland combined – and slopes upwards to a height of around 3.5 kms (... Keep on reading: Monster volcano is one of the biggest in Solar System

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