cryovolcano

English

Eruption of a cryovolcano in Enceladus.

Etymology

cryo- +‎ volcano

Noun

cryovolcano (plural cryovolcanoes or cryovolcanos)

1. (planetology, geology, volcanology) A volcano on an icy moon that ejects volatile materials rather than magma.

   Hyponyms: Piccard Mons, Wright Mons

Synonyms

• ice volcano (colloquial)

Related terms

• cryovolcanic
• cryovolcanism

Translations

cryovolcano

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冰火山 (bīnghuǒshān)

• Czech: kryovulkanismus
• Dutch: cryovulkaan m
• Esperanto: glacia vulkano
• Finnish: kryovulkanismi
• French: cryovolcan (fr)
• Galician: criovolcán
• German: Kryovulkan (de)
• Icelandic: lághitaeldstöð
• Italian: criovulcano m
• Japanese: 氷の火山 (こおりのかざん, kōrinokazan)
• Norwegian: isvulkan
• Polish: kriowulkan m
• Portuguese: criovulcão m
• Russian: криовулка́н (ru) m (kriovulkán)
• Slovak: kryovulkán
• Slovene: kriovulkan m
• Spanish: criovolcán (es) m
• Swedish: isvulkan c
• Vietnamese: núi lửa băng

See also

• cryomagma