Stratovolcanoes

Dor Geta Popescu, the 11-year old climber who trains under the banner of the 'Altitude' Mountain Sports Club, succeeded in scaling 4,811m high Mount Sabalan, Iran's second-tallest volcano, shows a release to AGERPRES.

Iceland raised its aviation alert over the nation's largest volcano to red on Aug. 29, after the Bardarbunga peak began erupting overnight.

A ban on air traffic around the country's largest volcanic system was also put in place, but the authorities said there were no signs of spewing ash.

A possible eruption of Iceland's biggest glacier, the Vattnajokull, is unlikely to prompt severe traffic disruptions, a EU source has explained.

Vattnajokull is also the country's second-highest peak.

The source, however, has added that air traffic might be disrupted as some EU member states might take the step.

Sixteen-year-old student Alexandra Marcu of Deva, western Romania, will be awarded the 2013 Explorer of the Year title by Romania's Geographic Society as the youngest recipient.

Smoke rising from Balkan's only "active volcano"

OHRID -- "Considerable amounts of smoke" started rising out of a miniature geothermal feature in the village of Kosel near Lake Ohrid in Macedonia on Wednesday.