List of active volcanoes
Active volcanoes are volcanoes which are erupting, or have erupted in modern times.[1] Many volcanoes have erupted dozens of times in the past few thousand years, but are not erupting at this moment. Some scientists consider a volcano active if it has erupted in the Holocene period (historic times).[2]
Most volcanoes live many thousands of years and erupt many times. However, most do not erupt even once in a human lifespan. Signs of unrest such as unusual earthquake activity or significant new gas emissions indicate that a volcano is active. An example of an active volcano is Mount St. Helens in the United States (US).[3]
There are more than 1,500 volcanoes that could be active today.[4] An estimated 500 million people live near active volcanoes.[5]
Planet Venus has more volcanoes than Earth. Some may be active.
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There are active volcanoes in every part of the world. There are about 1,500 active volcanoes, many in the region of the Pacific Ocean.[6]
The Pacific "Ring of Fire" is an arc around the Pacific Ocean where there are 400+ volcanoes.[7]
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Other regions of active volcanoes include the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and other places.
- Barren Island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India[8]
- Erta Ale in Ethiopia
- Fuego in Guatemala
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands in Antarctica[9]
- Kilauea, Hawaii
- Lakagigar in Iceland[10]
- Cumbre Vieja in La Palma (Canary Islands[11])
- Loihi, Hawaii
- Mount Erebus in Antarctica[12]
- Mount Etna in Italy
- Soufrière Hills on the Caribbean island of Montserrat[13]
- Stromboli in Italy[3]
- Teide in Spain (Canary Islands)
- Vesuvius in Italy
- Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai in Tonga
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change- ↑ The plural of volcano can be either volcanos or volcanoes. Both are equally correct, and it is not a matter of British vs US spelling. Oxford English Dictionary. Spelling on any particular Simple page tries to be consistent.
- ↑ "Volcanoes". U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ball, Jessica. "Voices: Dead or alive ... or neither? Why a dormant volcano is not a dead one," Earth Magazine (American Geosciences Institute). September 8, 2010. Retrieved 2012-6-14.
- ↑ "Sensing Remote Volcanoes". NASA Earth Observatory.
- ↑ "Volcanoes Archived 2010-11-22 at the Wayback Machine". Reuters. December 12, 2009.
- ↑ "Volcanoes Archived 2012-08-04 at the Wayback Machine". European Space Agency.
- ↑ Rosenberg, Matt. "Pacific Ring of Fire," Archived 2010-12-04 at the Wayback Machine About.com. Retrieved 2012-6-15.
- ↑ Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution.
- ↑ UNESCO, "Heard and McDonald Islands"; Australian government, "Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Landforms". Retrieved 2012-6-15.
- ↑ USGS, "Deadliest Volcanic Eruptions Since 1500 A.D.". Retrieved 2012-6-15. Archived 2012-05-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ McGuire, Bill. "In the shadow of the volcano," The Guardian,October 15, 2003. Retrieved 2012-6-15.
- ↑ GVP, "Erebus" Archived 2006-07-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-6-15.
- ↑ "'Ladies and gentlemen, on your left you will see an erupting volcano': The stunning sight Caribbean holidaymakers saw from plane," Daily Mail (UK). April 1, 2010. Retrieved 2012-6-14.