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: Lassen Volcanic National Park for its steaming fumaroles, idyllic meadows, clear mountain lakes, and volcanoes.
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Jenna Blough, Outside Online, 8 Apr. 2025
Gas vents, also known as fumaroles, are also activating around the volcano’s summit and Crater Peak vents, the latter being the location where the 1953 and the 1992 eruptions occurred.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 17 Mar. 2025
For now, Yellowstone's mud pots will keep boiling, the hot springs will keep steaming, the geysers will keep spraying, the Earth will keep shaking and the fumaroles will keep venting.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025
Dive to find undersea treasures like the Champagne Reef, which explodes with tiny bubbles from active fumaroles (where hot volcanic gas is released).
—Paul Rubio, AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024
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Jenna Blough, Outside Online, 8 Apr. 2025
Gas vents, also known as fumaroles, are also activating around the volcano’s summit and Crater Peak vents, the latter being the location where the 1953 and the 1992 eruptions occurred.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 17 Mar. 2025
For now, Yellowstone's mud pots will keep boiling, the hot springs will keep steaming, the geysers will keep spraying, the Earth will keep shaking and the fumaroles will keep venting.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025
Dive to find undersea treasures like the Champagne Reef, which explodes with tiny bubbles from active fumaroles (where hot volcanic gas is released).
—Paul Rubio, AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for fumarole
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“Fumarole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fumarole. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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