Northern Mariana Islands

	By April 27, 2005, the island of Anatahan in the Northern Mariana Islands had been transformed by a series of eruptions. On May 10, 2003, Anatahan’s eastern crater exploded, sending about 10 million cubic meters of material over the island and the surrounding ocean...... ....read more
	Pagan Island is made up of two volcanoes connected by a narrow isthmus of land. The volcanoes are stratovolcanoes, which are tall, typically cone-shaped structures formed by layers of dense, crystallized lava and less-dense ash and pumice...... ....read more