cryovolcano

English

Etymology

cryo- +‎ volcano

Noun

cryovolcano (plural cryovolcanoes or cryovolcanos)

(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

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

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