cryovolcano

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.

Synonyms

• ice volcano (colloquial)

Related terms

• cryovolcanic
• cryovolcanism

Translations

cryovolcano

Czech: kryovulkanismus Dutch: cryovulkanisme Esperanto: glacia vulkano Finnish: kryovulkanismi French: cryovolcan (fr) Galician: criovolcán German: Kryovulkan 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