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A cyrovolcano (also called an "ice volcano") is a type of volcano. It erupts volatiles such as water, ammonia, or methane, instead of molten rock. Cryovolcanoes are found on icy moons and might be on other places with low temperatures, like Kuiper belt objects.

Cryovolcanoes have been found on the moons Triton and Enceladus.

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  • Doom Mons, Sotra Patera, Mohini Fluctus (cropped)

    Doom Mons, one of the most reliably identified cryovolcanoes on Saturn's moon Titan

  • Fountains of Enceladus PIA07758

    Plumes of Enceladus, feeding Saturn's E Ring, seem to arise from the "Tiger Stripes" near the south pole.

  • Enceladus plume molecules

    Chemical composition of the plumes of Enceladus

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Criovolcán para niños

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