This document summarizes the different types of volcanoes: Fissure volcanoes erupt from long cracks in the ground, spreading vast quantities of lava over wide areas to form flat plains. Cinder cones are small, steep-sided hills formed from eruptions at a single vent that eject fragments of lava. Composite or strato-volcanoes are tall and symmetrical with alternating layers of lava and ash, such as Mount Fuji. Shield volcanoes have broad, low slopes and large craters, exemplified by Hawaiian volcanoes formed from numerous lava flows over great distances.