What is Fumarole?
[[File:Campi Flegrei.JPG|thumb|right|[[Sulfur]]eous fumaroles at the [[Solfatara crater]], one of the 24 craters of the [[Phlegraean Fields]], [[Naples]]]] [[File:TopOfMountDamavand.ogg|thumb|right|Fumaroles near the summit on [[Mount Damavand]], [[Iran]]]] [[File:Sulpherous Fumeroles.jpg|thumb|right|Sulfureous fumaroles on [[Whakaari/White Island]], [[New Zealand]]]] [[File:Fumarole.jpg|thumb|Fumaroles in [[Nisyros]], [[Greece]]]] A '''fumarole''' ([[Latin]] ''fumus'', smoke) is an opening in the crust of the [[Earth]], often in the neighborhood of [[dormant volcano|dormant]] [[volcano]]es, where [[steam]] and [[gas]]es come out, for instance [[carbon dioxide]], [[sulfur dioxide]], [[hydrochloric acid]], and [[hydrogen sulfide]]. ==Etymology== The name [[solfatara]] (from the [[Italian language|Italian]] ''solfo'', sulfur), is given to fumaroles with [[sulfur]]ous gases. {{geo-stub}} {{commonscat|Fumaroles}} [[Category:Geology]]