List of volcanoes

The list of volcanoes includes some which are active, dormant and extinct:

On Earth

Antarctica

Argentina

Mount Aconcagua

Australia

Heard Island and the McDonald Islands
Queensland
- Glasshouse Mountains
- Mount Fox
South Australia
- Mount Gambier
- Mount Schank
Victoria
- Lake Bullen Merri
- Mount Buninyong
- Mount Eccles, in Mount Eccles National Park
- Mount Elephant
- Mount Franklin, near Hepburn Springs
- Mount Fraser, near Beveridge
- Mount Kooroocheang
- Mount Macedon
- Mount Noorat
- Mount Napier
- Mount Rowan (Victoria)
- Mount Warrenheip
- Tower Hill, in Tower Hill State Game Reserve
Tasmania
- The Nut (near the town of Stanley)

Bolivia

Acotango
Cerro Columa
Cerro Moiro
Cerro San Augustin
Cerro Santa Isabel
Cerro Yumia
Cerros de Tocorpuri
Escala
Guayaques
Irruputuncu
Licancabur
Macizo de Larancagua
Macizo de Pacuni
Nevado Anallajsi
Neuvo Mundo
Olca-Paruma
Ollague
Pampa Luxsar
Parinacota
Patilla Pata
Quetena
Sacabaya
Sairecabur
Tata Sabaya
Uturuncu

Cameroon

Mount Cameroon

Canada

Abitibi greenstone belt
- Blake River Megacaldera Complex
  - Misema Caldera
  - New Senator Caldera
  - Noranda Caldera
Anahim Volcanic Belt
- Nazko Cone
Chilcotin Plateau Basalts
Garibaldi Volcanic Belt
Stikine Volcanic Belt
- Mount Edziza
- Eve Cone
- Hoodoo Mountain
- Lava Fork
- Pyramid Dome
- Tseax River Cone
- Volcano Mountain
- Williams Cone
Wells Gray-Clearwater Volcanic Field
- Hyalo Ridge
- Whitehorse Bluffs
- Pyramid Mountain
Wrangell Volcanic Belt

Cape Verde

Brava
Fogo
Sao Vicente

Colombia

Azufral
Cerro Bravo
Cerro Negro de Mayasquer
Cumbal
Dona Juana
Galeras
Nevado del Huila
Nevado del Tolima
Nevado del Ruiz
Machin
Petacas
Purace
Santa Isabel
Sotara

Comoros

Le Kartala (2316 m - active)

Costa Rica

Arenal (1657 m - active)
Barva
Cerro Tilaran
Irazu (3432 m - active)
Miravalles
Orosi
Platanar
Poás (2708 m - active)
Rincon de la Vieja (1916 m - complex)
Tenorio
Turrialba (active)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

May-Ya-Moto
Nyamuragira
Mount Nyiragongo
Tshibinda
Bisoke

Dominica

Morne aux Diables
Morne Diablotins
Morne Plat Pays
Morne Trois Pitons
Morne Watts

Ecuador

Antisana
Atacazo
Cayambe
Chacana
Chichoca
Cotopaxi
Guagua Pichincha
Illiniza
Mojanda
Pan de Azucar
Pululagua
Quilotoa
Reventador
Sangay
Soche
Sumaco
Tulabug
Tungurahua
Galapagos Islands
- Alcedo
- Cerro Azul
- Darwin
- Ecuador
- Fernandina
- Floreana
- Genovesa
- Marchena
- Pinta
- San Cristobal
- Santa Cruz
- Santiago
- Sierra Negra
- Wolf

El Salvador

Cerro Cinotepeque
Cerro Singuil
Chinameca
Coatepeque Caldera
Conchaguita
El Tigre
Guazapa
Ilopango
Izalco
Laguna Aramuaca
San Diego
San Miguel
San Salvador
San Vicente
Santa Ana
Taburete
Tecapa
Usulutan

Ethiopia

Erta Ale, one of the most active in Africa
Mount Alayta (last eruption 1915)

France

Mainland France
- Puy de Dôme (dormant)
Guadeloupe
- La Grande Soufrière (dormant)
Martinique
- Mt. Pelée (dormant)
Réunion
- Piton de la Fournaise (active)
- Piton des Neiges (extinct)

Germany

Greece

Kos (dormant)
Methana (dormant)
Milos (dormant)
Nisyros (dormant)
Santorini caldera (dormant)
Yali (dormant)

Honduras

Isla el Tigre
Isla Zacate Grande
Utila Island

Iceland

Askja
Eldfell
Esjufjoll
Eyjafjallajökull
Grimsnes
Grimsvotn
Heimaey
Hekla
Hengill
Hofsjokull
Kollóttadyngja
Kerlingarfjoll
Katla
Krafla
Krisuvik
Langjokull
Ljosufjoll
Lysuholl
Oraefajokull
Prestahnukur
Skjaldbreiður
Snaefellsjokull
Surtsey

India

Barren (active)
Narkundam

Indonesia

Krakatoa, Rakata
Mount Tambora, Sumbawa
Volcanoes of Bali island
- Mount Agung
- Mount Batur
- Bratan
Volcanoes of Flores island
- Ebulobo
- Egon
- Ilimuda
- Inielika
- Inierie
- Iya
- Kelimutu
- Leroboleng
- Lewotobi
- Ndete Napu
- Poco Leok
- Ranakah
- Riang Kotang
- Sukaria Caldera
- Wai Sano
Volcanoes of Java island (38)
- Baluran
- Cereme
- Galoen-gong
- Gede
- Guntur
- Lawu
- Karang
- Kelut
- Kendang
- Ijen
- Lamongan
- Lurus
- Malabar
- Merbabu
- Mount Merapia
- Papandayang
- Patuha
- Perbakti
- Raung
- Salak
- Semeru
- Slamet
- Sumbing
- Sundoro
- Talagabodas
- Tampomas
- Tangkuban Prahu
- Telomoyo
- Wayang-Windu
- Wilis
Lomblen
- Ililabalekan
- Iliwerung
- Lewotolo
Lombok
- Rinjani
Volcanoes of New Guinea
Volcanoes of Sulawesi
- Ambang
- Colo
- Klabat
- Mahawu
- Sempu
- Soputan
- Tongkoko
Volcanoes of Sumatra
- Belirang-Beriti
- Besar
- Bukit Daun
- Bukit Lumut Balai
- Dempo
- Geureudong
- Gunung Kerinci
- Gunung Tujuh
- Helatoba-Tarutung
- Hulubelu
- Hutapanjang
- Imun
- Kaba
- Kembar
- Kerinci
- Kunyit
- Lubukraya
- Marapi
- Patah
- Pendan
- Peuet Sague
- Pulau Weh
- Rajabasu
- Ranau
- Sarik-Gajah
- Sekincau Belirang
- Seluwah Agam
- Sibayak
- Sibualbuali
- Sinabung
- Sorikmarapi
- Sumbing
- Suoh
- Talakmau
- Talang
- Tandikat
- Toba

Italy

Campi Flegrei (dormant)
Mount Vesuvius (dormant)
Mount Etna (active)
Stromboli (active)
Vulsini (dormant)

Japan

Hokkaido
- Akan
- Daisetsu
- E San
- Komaga Take
- Kutcharo
- Kuttara
- Mashu
- Nigorigawa
- Nipesotsu Upepesanke
- Niseko
- Oshima Oshima
- Rausu
- Rishiri
- Shikotsu
- Shiretoko Iwo Zan
- Shiribetsu
- Tokachi
- Usu
- Yotei
Honshū
- Adatara
- Akagi
- Asama
- Azuma-Kofuji
- Bandai
- Daisen
- Kusatsu-Shirane
- Mount Chokai
- Mount Fuji
- Mount Funagata
- Mount Haruna
- Mount Hiuchigatake
- Mount Myoko
- Mount Nekomadake
- Mount Norikura
- Mount Tateshina
- Mount Yake
- Mount Yoko
- Nantai
- Naruko
- Nasu-dake
- Niigata-Yakeyama
- Nikko-Shirane
- Ontake-san
- Zao
Kyushu
- Aso
- Kaimon-dake
- Sakurajima
- Shinmoe-dake

Kenya

Mount Kenya

Mexico

Colima
Paricutín
Popocatepetl

Montserrat

Soufriere Hills

Netherlands Antilles

Saba

New Zealand

Rangitoto Island and various cones in Auckland
In the Taupo Volcanic Zone [1]
- Cones
  - Mount Ruapehu
  - Mount Tongariro
  - Mount Ngaruruhoe
  - Tauhara
  - Waiotapu
  - Mount Tarawera (part of the Okataina caldera)
  - Kawerau
  - White Island
- Caldera
  - Lake Taupo
  - Okataina
  - Lake Rotorua
Mount Taranaki (formerly Mount Egmont)
Lyttelton and Akaroa on Banks Peninsula

Norway

Panama

Baru
El Valle
La Yeguada

Peru

Coropuna
El Misti
Huaynaputina
Nevado Chachani
Nevados Casiri
Nevados Firura
Quimsachata
Sabancaya
Ticsani
Tutupaca
Ubinas
Yucamane

Philippines

Luzon
- Ambalatungan Group
- Amorong
- Arayat
- Banahaw
- Bulusan
- Cagua
- Isarog
- Iriga
- Jalajala
- Labo
- Laguna Volcanic Field
- Malinao
- Malinding
- Makiling
- Mariveles
- Masaraga
- Mayon
- Natib
- Patoc
- Pinatubo
- Pocdol Mountains
- Santo Tomas
- Taal
Visayas
- Biliran
- Canlaon
- Panay
Mindanao
- Apo
- Balatocan
- Calayo
- Hibok-hibok
- Kalatungan
- Latukan
- Leonard Range
- Makaturung
- Malindang
- Matumtum
- Paco
- Parker
- Ragang

Portugal

Azores
- Agua de Pau
- Corvo
- Fayal
- Flores
- Furnas
- Graciosa
- Pico
- San Jorge
- Sete Cidades
- Terceira
Madeira Islands
- Madeira

Russia

Kamchatka
- Bezymianny
- Klyuchevskaya Sopka
Kurile Islands
- Atsonopuri
- Baransky
- Berutarube
- Bogotayr Ridge
- Chirip
- Chirpoi
- Demon
- Golets-Tronyi Group
- Golovnin
- Grozny Group
- Ivao Group
- Kolokol Group
- Lvinaya Past
- Medvezhia
- Mendeleev
- Milne
- Rudakov
- Smirnov
- Tiatia
- Tri Sestry

Rwanda

Mount Karisimbi

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Mount Misery
Nevis Peak
The Quill

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Soufriere volcano (1,234 m, active)

Solomon Islands

Bagana
Balbi
Billy Mitchell
Kavachi
Loloru
Nonda
Savo
Simbo
Takuan Group
Tore

South Sandwich Islands

Bristol Island
Candlemas Island
Hodson
Leskov Island
Montagu Island
Zavodovski

Spain

Mainland Spain
- Campo de Calatrava (dormant)
- Croscat (dormant)
- Montsacopa (dormant)
- Olot (dormant)
- Santa Margarida Volcano (dormant)
Canary Islands
- Fuerteventura (dormant)
- Gran Canaria (dormant)
- Hierro (dormant)
- La Palma (active)
- Lanzarote (active)
- Tenerife (dormant)

Tanzania

Kieyo
Mount Kilimanjaro
Meru
Ngozi
Ol Doinyo Lengai
Rungwe

Tristan da Cunha

Queen Mary's Peak

Turkey

Mount Ararat (dormant)
Mount Erciyes (dormant)
Mount Hasan (dormant)
Nemrut (dormant)
Süphan (dormant)

Uganda

Bufumbira
Bunyaruguru Field
Fort Portal Field
Katunga
Katwe-Kikorongo Field
Kyatwa Volcanic Field
Muhavura

United States

Alaska
- Mount Adagdak
- Mount Akutan
- Mount Amak
- Mount Amukta
- Mount Aniakchak
- Mount Atka
- Mount Augustine
- Black Peak
- Mount Bobrof
- Bogoslof
- Mount Buldir
- Buzzard Creek
- Mount Carlisle
- Mount Chagulak
- Mount Chiginagak
- Mount Churchill
- Mount Cleveland
- Mount Dana
- Mount Davidof
- Mount Denison
- Devils Desk
- Mount Douglas
- Duncan Canal
- Mount Dutton
- Mount Edgecumbe
- Emmons Lake
- Mount Fisher
- Mount Frosty
- Fourpeaked
- Mount Gareloi
- Great Sitkin
- Mount Gordon
- Mount Griggs
- Mount Hayes
- Mount Herbert
- Mount Iliamna
- Imuruk Lake
- Ingakslugwat Hills
- Mount Isanotski
- Mount Kagamil
- Mount Kaguyak
- Mount Kanaga
- Mount Kasatochi
- Mount Katmai
- Mount Kialagvik
- Mount Kiska
- Mount Koniuji
- Mount Kukak
- Mount Kupreanof
- Kookooligit Mountains
- Little Sitkin
- Mount Mageik
- Mount Makushin
- Mount Martin
- Mount Moffett
- Novarupta
- Nunivak Island
- Mount Okmok
- Mount Redoubt
- Mount Roundtop
- Saint Michael
- Saint Paul Island
- Mount Pavlof
- Pavlof Sister
- Mount Recheschnoi
- Mount Sanford
- Mount Seguam
- Mount Segula
- Mount Semisopochnoi
- Mount Sergief
- Mount Shishaldin
- Mount Steller
- Snowy Mountain
- Mount Spurr
- Mount Stepovak
- Mount Takawangha
- Mount Tanaga
- Mount Trident
- Ugashik-Peulik
- Ukinrek Maars
- Mount Uliaga
- Mount Veniaminof
- Mount Vsevidof
- Mount Westdahl
- Mount Wrangell
- Mount Yantarni
- Mount Yunaska
Arizona
- Sunset Crater
- Uinkaret Field
California
- Amboy
- Big Cave
- Black Butte
- Brushy Butte
- Clear Lake
- Coso Volcanic Field
- Eagle Lake Field
- Golden Trout Creek
- Inyo Craters
- Lassen Peak
- Lavic Lake
- Long Valley Caldera
- Mammoth Mountain
- Medicine Lake
- Mono Craters
- Red Cones
- Mount Shasta
- Tumble Buttes
- Twin Buttes
- Ubehebe Craters
Colorado
- Dotsero
Hawaii
- Haleakala or East Maui Volcano
- Hualalai
- Kahoolawe
- Kilauea
- Koolau
- Loihi^[1]
- Mauna Kea
- Mauna Loa
Idaho
- Craters of the Moon
- Hell's Half Acre
- Shoshone Lava Field
- Wapi Lava Field
Nevada
- Steamboat Springs
New Mexico
- Capulin
- Carrizozo
- Valles Caldera
- Zuni Bandera
Oregon
- Mount Bachelor
- Mount Bailey
- Mount Belknap
- Blue Lake Crater
- Broken Top
- Cinnamon Butte
- Mount Mazama (Crater Lake)
- Davis Lake
- Devil's Garden
- Diamond Craters
- Four Craters Lava Field
- Mount Hood
- Jackie's Butte
- Mount Jefferson
- Jordan Craters
- Mount McLoughlin
- Newberry Volcano
- Saddle Butte
- Sand Mountain Field
- Mount Thielsen
- Three Sisters
- Three-Fingered Jack
- Squaw Ridge Lava Field
- Mount Washington
Saipan
- Mount Tapochau
Utah
- Bald Knoll
- Black Rock Desert
- Markagunt Plateau
- Santa Clara
Washington
- Mount Adams
- Mount Baker
- Glacier Peak
- Indian Heaven
- Mount Rainier
- Mount St. Helens
- West Crater
Wyoming
- Yellowstone

Vanuatu

Ambrym
Mount Yasur

Elsewhere in the solar system

Mars

Olympus Mons
Arsia Mons
Pavonis Mons
Ascraeus Mons

Other planets and moons

Many on Io, a moon of the planet Jupiter, that are believed to eject sulfur or possibly sulfur dioxide.
Many on Triton, a moon of the planet Neptune, that are believed to eject liquid nitrogen, dust, or methane compounds.

In fictional literature

Mount Doom, or Orodruin, a fictional volcano in Mordor, from J. R. R. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth.

Related pages

References

↑ Malahoff, Alexander (2000-12-18). "Lōihi Submarine Volcano: A unique, natural extremophile laboratory". In the Spotlight. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (NOAA). Retrieved 2009-10-10.

[NOAA-1] Malahoff, Alexander (2000-12-18). "Lōihi Submarine Volcano: A unique, natural extremophile laboratory". In the Spotlight. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (NOAA). Retrieved 2009-10-10.

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