The most obvious landforms created by lava are volcanoes, most commonly as cinder cones, composite volcanoes, and shield volcanoes. Lava domes are large, round landforms created by thick lava that doe...The most obvious landforms created by lava are volcanoes, most commonly as cinder cones, composite volcanoes, and shield volcanoes. Lava domes are large, round landforms created by thick lava that does not travel far from the vent. Lava flows often make mounds right in the middle of craters at the top of volcanoes, as seen in the Figure 3. The volcanic neck is the remnant of the conduit the magma traveled up to feed an eruption.
