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Orogeny is a mountain building event in which a section of the Earth's crust is folded and deformed by compression

... that Sotra Patera (pictured), a prominent feature on Saturn's giant moon Titan, is thought to be an ice volcano that may have erupted water, methane, polyethylene, paraffin waxes or even asphalt?
... that the decomposing skeleton of a right whale was found on the submarine volcano Patton Seamount?
... that Frederick S. Lyman's account of the eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano and 1868 Hawaii earthquake was written from a nearby sheep and goat ranch?
... that Central America's highest volcano is located in the department of San Marcos in Guatemala?
... that activity at Calabozos, a Holocene caldera complex, has produced stratovolcanoes, hot springs, and a complex volcano?
... that despite fumarolic activity and earthquakes near the Olca-Paruma volcanoes, none of them appear to be hazardous?
... that the Organ Pipes National Park, which has 400 million year old volcanic formations, features hexagonal basalt columns known as the "Organ Pipes"?
... that Jocotitlán, Mexico, sits at the foot of a small dormant volcano, which could become active again?

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