fumarole
noun
fu·ma·role
ˈfyü-mə-ˌrōl 
: a hole in a volcanic region from which hot gases and vapors issue
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Don’t Miss: There are over 10,000 geysers, mud pots, hot springs, travertine terraces, and fumaroles in the 2.2-million-acre park — with Old Faithful, the Norris Geyser Basin, and Grand Prismatic Spring being three of the most popular sites to visit.
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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2024
The herd was moving south, away from the lake and towards a geyser basin where the dirt was warm from underground volcanos, where openings in the earth breathed vapour from fumaroles.
—Hazlitt, 5 June 2024
Occasionally this volcano near Bellingham will show off a small fumarole (hot gas vent) that will get people's attention.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 20 May 2024
At the time, Lassen Peak was actively erupting, and there are still plenty of boiling mud pots, evil-smelling steam vents and fumaroles and poison lakes today.
—Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2024
The herd was moving south, away from the lake and towards a geyser basin where the dirt was warm from underground volcanos, where openings in the earth breathed vapour from fumaroles.
—Hazlitt, 5 June 2024
Occasionally this volcano near Bellingham will show off a small fumarole (hot gas vent) that will get people's attention.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 20 May 2024
At the time, Lassen Peak was actively erupting, and there are still plenty of boiling mud pots, evil-smelling steam vents and fumaroles and poison lakes today.
—Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
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“Fumarole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fumarole. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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