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The Montserrat Volcano started erupting in 1995 even though is had been dormant for hundreds of years. The Pyroclastic flow, full of ash and lava, flowed at 130 kilometers per hour with temperatures of over 500 degrees Celsius. The Montserrat Volcano is a Stratovolcano [Also known as a Composite Volcano] and is based in the Soufriere Hills, on an island just north of South America. Stratovolcanoes are formed on destructive plate margins. Its eruptions are very violent but have longer periods between eruptions, compared to a shield volcano.