dormant volcano

English

Noun

dormant volcano (plural dormant volcanoes or dormant volcanos)

1. (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