cinder cone
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cinder cone
n. A steep, conical hill consisting of glassy volcanic fragments that accumulate around and downwind from a volcanic vent.
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Jabal Abyad, at 2,093 meters in Harrat Khyber, is the Kingdom's highest volcano, and close by stands Jabal Bayda, its sister white
ash cone, at 1,913 meters.
Left behind is a horse-shoe shaped ridge, harbouring a slowly growing
ash cone at its centre.
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