An active volcano is a

volcano A volcano is commonly defined as a vent or fissure in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most oft ...

that is currently erupting, or has the potential to erupt in the future. Conventionally it is applied to any that have erupted during the

Holocene The Holocene () is the current geologic time scale, geological epoch, beginning approximately 11,700 years ago. It follows the Last Glacial Period, which concluded with the Holocene glacial retreat. The Holocene and the preceding Pleistocene to ...

(the current geologic epoch that began approximately 11,700 years ago). A volcano that is not currently erupting but could erupt in the future is known as a

dormant volcano A volcano is commonly defined as a vent or fissure in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most often ...

. Volcanoes that will not erupt again are known as

extinct volcano A volcano is commonly defined as a vent or fissure in the Crust (geology), crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and volcanic gas, gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth ...

es.

Overview

There are 1,350 potentially active volcanoes around the world, 500 of which have erupted in historical time. Many active volcanoes are located along the Pacific Rim, also known as the Pacific

Ring of Fire The Ring of Fire (also known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Rim of Fire, the Girdle of Fire or the Circum-Pacific belt) is a tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes. It is about long and up to about wide, and surrounds most of the Pa ...

. An estimated 500 million people live near active volcanoes. ''Historical time'' (or recorded history) is another timeframe for ''active''. The span of recorded history differs from region to region. In China and the

Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern ...

, it reaches back nearly 3,000 years, but in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and Canada, it reaches back less than 300 years, and in Hawaii and New Zealand it is only around 200 years. The incomplete ''Catalogue of the Active Volcanoes of the World'', published in parts between 1951 and 1975 by the International Association of Volcanology, uses this definition, by which there are more than 500 active volcanoes. , the

Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Institution ( ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, Education center, education and Research institute, research centers, created by the Federal government of the United States, U.S. government "for the increase a ...

Global Volcanism Program The Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program (GVP) documents Earth's volcanoes and their eruptive history during the Quaternary Period of Earth's geologic history, with particular emphasis on volcanic activity during the Holocene Epoc ...

recognizes 560 volcanoes with confirmed historical eruptions. Countries with the most Holocene volcanoes, according to the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program (): # United States: 165 # Japan: 122 # Russia: 117 # Indonesia 117 # Chile: 91 Countries with the most volcanoes active since 1960 (): # Indonesia: 55 # Japan: 40 # US: 39 (mostly volcanic areas in and around Hawaii, Alaska, and Pacific territories) # Russia: 27 # Chile: 19 # Papua New Guinea: 13 # Ecuador: 12 As of 2013, the following are considered Earth's most active volcanoes: *

Kīlauea Kīlauea ( , ) is an active shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands. It is located along the southeastern shore of Hawaii (island), Hawaii Island. The volcano is between 210,000 and 280,000 years old and grew above sea level about 100,000 years ...

, the famous

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...

an volcano, was in nearly continuous,

effusive eruption An effusive eruption is a type of volcanic eruption in which lava steadily flows out of a volcano onto the ground. Overview There are two major groupings of eruptions: effusive and explosive. Effusive eruption differs from explosive eruption ...

(in which lava steadily flows onto the ground) between 1983 through 2018, and had the longest-observed

lava lake Lava lakes are large volumes of molten lava, usually basaltic, contained in a volcanic vent, crater, or broad depression. The term is used to describe both lava lakes that are wholly or partly molten and those that are solidified (sometim ...

. *

Mount Etna Mount Etna, or simply Etna ( or ; , or ; ; or ), is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Catania, between the cities of Messina, Italy, Messina and Catania. It is located above the Conve ...

and nearby

Stromboli Stromboli ( , ; ) is an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the north coast of Sicily, containing Mount Stromboli, one of the four active volcanoes in Italy. It is one of the seven Aeolian Islands, a volcanic arc north of Sicily, and the mytho ...

, two

volcanoes. * Piton de la Fournaise, in

Réunion Réunion (; ; ; known as before 1848) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France. Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately east of the isl ...

, erupts frequently enough to be a tourist attraction. , the longest ongoing (but not necessarily continuous) volcanic eruptive phases are: *

Mount Yasur Mount Yasur is a volcano on Tanna Island, Vanuatu, high above sea level, on the coast near Sulphur Bay, northeast of the taller Mount Tukosmera, which was active in the Pleistocene. It has a largely unvegetated pyroclastic cone with a nearl ...

, 111 years *

, 110 years *

, 108 years * Santa María, 101 years *

Sangay Sangay (also known as Macas, Sanagay, or Sangai) is an Volcano#Active, active stratovolcano in central Ecuador. It exhibits mostly Strombolian eruption, strombolian activity. Geologically, Sangay marks the southern boundary of the Northern Volc ...

, 94 years Other highly active volcanoes include: *

Mauna Loa Mauna Loa (, ; ) is one of five volcanoes that form the Island of Hawaii in the U.S. state of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. Mauna Loa is Earth's largest active volcano by both mass and volume. It was historically considered to be the largest ...

in Hawaii is the largest active volcano in the world. Its summit is more than above sea level, and above its base in the sea floor. *

Mount Nyiragongo Mount Nyiragongo ( ) is an active stratovolcano with an elevation of in the Virunga Mountains associated with the Albertine Rift. It is located inside Virunga National Park, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, about north of the town o ...

and its neighbor,

Nyamuragira Nyamuragira, also known as Nyamulagira, is an active shield volcano in the Virunga Mountains of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, situated about north of Lake Kivu. The name is derived from Bantu languages in the region, ''Kuragira nyamu'' ...

, are

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

's most active volcanoes. Lava Lake Nyiragongo 2

Erta Ale Erta Ale (or Ertale or Irta'ale; Amharic: ኤርታሌ) is a continuously active basaltic shield volcano in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia, which is itself part of the wider Afar Triangle (a barren desert region straddling Djibouti, ...

, in the

Afar Triangle The Afar Triangle (also called the Afar Depression) is a geological depression caused by the Afar triple junction, which is part of the Great Rift Valley in East Africa. The region has disclosed fossil specimens of the very earliest hominins; th ...

, has maintained a lava lake since at least 1906. *

Mount Erebus Mount Erebus () is the southernmost active volcano on Earth, located on Ross Island in the Ross Dependency in Antarctica. With a summit elevation of , it is the second most prominent mountain in Antarctica (after Mount Vinson) and the second ...

, in

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. ...

, has maintained a lava lake since at least 1972. *

Mount Merapi Mount Merapi (, ) is an active stratovolcano located on the border between the province of Central Java and the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It is the most active volcano in Indonesia and has erupted regularly since 1548. It is loc ...

Whakaari / White Island Whakaari / White Island (, , lit. "the dramatic volcano"), also known as White Island or Whakaari, is an active andesite stratovolcano situated from the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, in the Bay of Plenty. The island covers a ...

, has been in a continuous state of releasing volcanic gas since before European observation in 1769. *

Ol Doinyo Lengai Ol Doinyo Lengai is an active volcano in northern Tanzania. It consists of a volcanic cone with two craters, the northern of which has erupted during historical time. Uniquely for volcanoes on Earth, it has erupted natrocarbonatite, an unusually ...

Ambrym Ambrym is a volcanic island in Malampa Province in the archipelago of Vanuatu. Volcanic activity on the island includes lava lakes in two craters near the summit. Etymology Ambrym (also known as ''Ambrin'', ''"ham rim"'' in the Ranon language ...

* Arenal Volcano * Pacaya * Klyuchevskaya Sopka * Sheveluch Holocene volcanoes with large populations within : Michoacan-Guanajuato volcano in Mexico and Tatun Volcanic Group in Taiwan both have more than 5 million people living within of the volcano.

Campi Flegrei The Phlegraean Fields (, ; ) is a large volcanic caldera west of Naples, Italy. The Neapolitan Yellow Tuff eruption (about 12ka BP) produced just 50 cubic kilometers. It is, however, one of relatively few volcanoes large enough to form a cal ...

in Italy and Ilopango in El Salvador both have populations of over 2 million people living within of the volcanoes.

Hainan Volcanic Field The Hainan Volcanic Field is a volcanic field covering the northern half of Hainan, People's Republic of China. Although mostly Pleistocene-Holocene The Holocene () is the current geologic time scale, geological epoch, beginning approximate ...

in China, San Pablo Volcanic Field in the Philippines, Ghegham Volcanic Ridge in Armenia,

Dieng Volcanic Complex The Dieng Volcanic Complex () is a volcanic complex located on the Dieng Plateau in Central Java, Indonesia, a complex of volcanoes. The volcanic complex consists of two or more stratovolcanoes, more than 20 small Volcanic crater, craters, and Pl ...

, in Indonesia, and

Auckland Volcanic Field The Auckland volcanic field is an area of monogenetic volcanoes covered by much of the metropolitan area of Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, located in the North Island. The approximately 53 volcanoes in the field have produced a divers ...

in New Zealand all have over 1 million people living within of each volcano.

By country

Costa Rica

* Rincón de la Vieja, a stratovolcano * Arenal, a stratovolcano * Poás, a stratovolcano * Irazu, a stratovolcano *

Turrialba Turrialba may refer to: Places * Turrialba Volcano * Turrialba Volcano National Park, created around Turrialba Volcano. * Turrialba (canton), located in Cartago Province Cartago (), which means Carthage in Spanish, is a Provinces of Costa Ri ...

, a stratovolcano

Guatemala

Source: * Acatenango, a stratovolcano * Atitlán, a stratovolcano * Fuego, a stratovolcano * Pacaya, a volcanic complex * Santa María, a stratovolcano * Tacaná, a stratovolcano

Iceland

Source: *

Askja Askja () is an active volcano situated in a remote part of the central highlands of Iceland. The name Askja refers to a complex of nested calderas within the surrounding Dyngjufjöll mountains, which rise to , ''askja'' meaning ''box'' or ' ...

, a stratovolcano * Bardarbunga, a stratovolcano * Brennisteinsfjoll, crater rows *

Eldey Eldey () is a small, uninhabited island about off the coast of the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwest Iceland. Located west-southwest of Reykjavík, the island of Eldey covers an area of about , and rises to a height of . Its sheer cliffs are h ...

, fissure vent * Esjufjoll, stratovolcano * Eyjafjallajokull, stratovolcano *

Fagradalsfjall Fagradalsfjall () is an active tuya volcano formed in the Last Glacial Period on the Southern Peninsula (Iceland), Reykjanes Peninsula, around from Reykjavík, Iceland. Fagradalsfjall is also the name for the wider volcanic system covering an ...

, fissure vent * Fremrinamar, stratovolcano * Grimsnes, volcanic field * Grimsvotn, caldera * Heidarspordar, fissure vent *

Hekla Hekla (), or Hecla, is an active stratovolcano in the south of Iceland with a height of . Hekla is one of Iceland's most active volcanoes; over 20 eruptions have occurred in and around the volcano since the year 1210. During the Middle Ages, th ...

, stratovolcano * Helgrindur, volcanic field * Hengill, crater rows * Hofsjokull, fissure vent * Hromundartindur, stratovolcano * Katla, fissure vent * Kolbeinsey Ridge, fissure vent * Krafla, caldera * Krysuvik-Trolladyngja, crater rows * Kverkfjoll, stratovolcano * Ljosufjoll, volcanic field * Oddnyjarhnjukur-Langjokull, fissure vent * Oraefajokull, stratovolcano * Prestahnukur, fissure vent *

Reykjanes Reykjanes () is a small headland on the south-western end of the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland, giving the main peninsula its name. Volcanic action is responsible for forming the entire peninsula. The nearest town is Keflavik. The name, , trans ...

, crater rows * Snaefell, stratovolcano * Snaefellsjokull, stratovolcano * Theistareykir, shield volcano * Thordarhyrna, stratovolcano * Tindfjallajokull, stratovolcano * Tjornes fracture zone, fissure vent * Torfajokull, stratovolcano * Tungnafellsjokull, stratovolcano *

Vestmannaeyjar Vestmannaeyjar (, sometimes anglicized as Westman Islands) is a municipality and archipelago off the south coast of Iceland. The largest island, Heimaey, has a population of 4,414, most of whom live in the archipelago's main town, Vestmannaeyja ...

, fissure vents

Italy

Source: *

, a

caldera A caldera ( ) is a large cauldron-like hollow that forms shortly after the emptying of a magma chamber in a volcanic eruption. An eruption that ejects large volumes of magma over a short period of time can cause significant detriment to the str ...

* Campi Flegrei del Mar di Sicilia, a

volcanic field A volcanic field is an area of Earth's Earth's crust, crust that is prone to localized volcano, volcanic activity. The type and number of volcanoes required to be called a "field" is not well-defined. Volcanic fields usually consist of clusters ...

Colli Albani The Alban Hills () are the caldera remains of a quiescent volcanic complex in Italy, located southeast of Rome and about north of Anzio. The high Monte Cavo forms a highly visible peak in the centre of the caldera, but the highest point i ...

, a caldera * Etna, a

stratovolcano A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a typically conical volcano built up by many alternating layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with ...

Ischia Ischia ( , , ) is a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It lies at the northern end of the Gulf of Naples, about from the city of Naples. It is the largest of the Phlegrean Islands. Although inhabited since the Bronze Age, as a Ancient G ...

, a

volcanic complex A complex volcano, also called a compound volcano or a volcanic complex, is a mixed landform consisting of related volcanic centers and their associated lava flows and pyroclastic rock. They may form due to changes in eruptive habit or ...

Lipari Lipari (; ) is a ''comune'' including six of seven islands of the Aeolian Islands (Lipari, Vulcano, Panarea, Stromboli, Filicudi and Alicudi) and it is located in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the northern coast of Sicily, Southern Italy; it is ...

, a stratovolcano *

Marsili Marsili is a large undersea volcano in the Tyrrhenian Sea, about south of Naples. The seamount is about 3,000 m (9,800 feet) tall; its peak and crater are about 450 m below the sea surface. Though it has not erupted in recorded history, volc ...

, a volcanic complex *

Palinuro Palinuro is an Italian small town, the most populated civil parish (''frazione'') of Centola, Province of Salerno, in the Campania region. The name of the town is derived from Palinurus, the helmsman of Aeneas, as recorded in the fifth and s ...

, a volcanic compound * Panarea, a stratovolcano *

Pantelleria Pantelleria (; ), known in ancient times as Cossyra or Cossura, is an Italian island and comune in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, southwest of Sicily and east of the Tunisian coast. On clear days Tunisia is visible from the ...

, a

shield volcano A shield volcano is a type of volcano named for its low profile, resembling a shield lying on the ground. It is formed by the eruption of highly fluid (low viscosity) lava, which travels farther and forms thinner flows than the more viscous lava ...

, a stratovolcano *

Vesuvius Mount Vesuvius ( ) is a Somma volcano, somma–stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is one of several volcanoes forming the Campanian volcanic arc. Vesuv ...

, a stratovolcano *

Vulcano Vulcano () or Vulcan is a small volcanic island belonging to Italy in the Tyrrhenian Sea, about north of Sicily and located at the southernmost end of the seven Aeolian Islands. The island is known for its volcanic activity and contains severa ...

, a stratovolcano

Japan

See

list of volcanoes in Japan This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Japan. An Orange background indicates a volcano considered active by the Japan Meteorological Agency. Hokkaido Honshū Izu Islands Ogasawara Archipelago The Ogasawara Archipelago ...

for more information

Hokkaido

* Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group * Mount Eniwa, a

Mount E is an active stratovolcano of the Kameda peninsula, which is itself part of the larger Oshima Peninsula. It is in the rural, eastern region of Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. Mount E is part of Esan Prefectural Natural Park. Geology Mount E co ...

, stratovolcano * Mount Iō,

* Mount Meakan, stratovolcano * Mount Oakan, stratovolcano/

lava dome In volcanology, a lava dome is a circular, mound-shaped protrusion resulting from the slow extrusion of viscous lava from a volcano. Dome-building eruptions are common, particularly in convergent plate boundary settings. Around 6% of eruptions ...

* Mount Iō, stratovolcano * Kuttara Caldera,

* Mashū Caldera, caldera * Nipesotsu-Maruyama Volcanic Group, composed of stratovolcanoes and lava domes * Niseko Volcanic Group, composed of stratovolcanoes and lava domes * Oshima-Ōshima * Mount Rausu, stratovolcano *

Mount Rishiri is a Quaternary stratovolcano located off the coast of Hokkaidō, Japan in the Sea of Japan. It rises out of the Sea of Japan forming Rishiri Island. Because its cone shape resembles Mount Fuji it is sometimes referred to as Rishiri Fuji. It is ...

, stratovolcano * Mount Hokkaidō-Komagatake, stratovolcano * Mount Tarumae, stratovolcano * Mount Tenchō ja">:ja:天頂山">ja* Mount Usu, stratovolcano *

Mount Yōtei is an active stratovolcano located in Shikotsu-Toya National Park, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is also called , "Ezo" being an old name for the island of Hokkaido, because it resembles Mount Fuji. The mountain is also known as . It is one of the 100 Fa ...

, stratovolcano

Honshū

* Abu Volcano Group,

es * Mount Adatara, stratovolcano * Mount Akagi, stratovolcano * Mount Akandana * Mount Akita-Komagatake, stratovolcano * Mount Akita-Yakeyama, stratovolcano *

Mount Asama is an active complex volcano in central Honshū, the main island of Japan. The volcano is the most active on Honshū. The Japan Meteorological Agency classifies Mount Asama as rank A. It stands above sea level on the border of Gunma prefecture ...

, volcanic complex * Mount Azuma, stratovolcano * Mount Bandai, stratovolcano *

Mount Chōkai is an active volcano located on the border of Akita and Yamagata in the Tōhoku region of Japan, and is tall. Because of its (roughly) symmetrical shape and massive size, it is also variously known as , or depending on the location of the vi ...

, stratovolcano *

Mount Fuji is an active stratovolcano located on the Japanese island of Honshu, with a summit elevation of . It is the highest mountain in Japan, the second-highest volcano on any Asian island (after Mount Kerinci on the Indonesian island of Sumatra), a ...

, stratovolcano * Mount Hachimantai, stratovolcano * Mount Hakkōda, volcanic complex *

Mount Hakone , with its highest peak Mount Kami (Hakone), Mount Kami (1,438 meters), is a complex volcano in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan that is truncated by two overlapping calderas, the largest of which is 10 × 11 km wide. The calderas were fo ...

, volcanic complex *

Mount Haku , or Mount Hakusan (commonly referred to as simply Hakusan), is a dormant stratovolcano in Japan. It is located on the borders of Gifu and Ishikawa, on the island of Honshu. Mount Haku is thought to have first been active 300,000 to 400,000 y ...

, stratovolcano * Mount Haruna, stratovolcano * Hijiori Caldera * Mount Hiuchigatake, stratovolcano *

Mount Iwaki is a stratovolcano located in western Aomori Prefecture, Tohoku, Japan. It is also referred to as and less frequently, due to its similar shape to Mount Fuji. With a summit elevation of and a Topographic prominence, prominence of it is th ...

, stratovolcano * Izu-Tōbu volcano Group * Mount Iwate, stratovolcano complex * Mount Kurikoma *

Mount Kusatsu-Shirane is a active volcano, stratovolcano in Kusatsu, Gunma, Japan. It is called Kusatsu Shirane to differentiate it from the Mount Nikkō-Shirane on the other side of Gunma Prefecture. The summit of Kusatsu-Shirane volcano, located immediately north ...

, stratovolcano * Mount Myōkō, stratovolcano * Mount Nantai, stratovolcano * Narugo, stratovolcano * Mount Nasu, complex volcano * Mount Niigata-Yakeyama, stratovolcano * Mount Nikkō-Shirane, stratovolcano * Mount Norikura, stratovolcano * Numazawa a* Mount Ontake, stratovolcano * Mount Osore * Mount Sanbe a* Mount Takahara a* Midagahara, lava plateau * Tokachidake Volcano Group, stratovolcano * Towada Caldera, caldera * Mount Yake, stratovolcano * Kita-Yatsugatake ( Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group) *

Mount Zaō The , commonly called Mount Zaō, are a complex cluster of stratovolcanoes on the border between Yamagata Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture in Japan. The central volcano of the group includes several lava domes and a tuff cone, Goshiki-dake, which ...

, complex volcano

Izu Islands

* Aogashima,

volcanic island Geologically, a volcanic island is an island of volcanic origin. The term high island can be used to distinguish such islands from low islands, which are formed from sedimentation or the uplifting of coral reefs (which have often formed ...

* Bayonnaise Rocks,

volcanic rock Volcanic rocks (often shortened to volcanics in scientific contexts) are rocks formed from lava erupted from a volcano. Like all rock types, the concept of volcanic rock is artificial, and in nature volcanic rocks grade into hypabyssal and me ...

s * Hachijōjima, volcanic island * Izu-Ōshima, volcanic island * Kōzushima, volcanic island *

Mikurajima is an inhabited volcanic Japanese island in the Pacific Ocean. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Izu Shotō'',"''Japan Encyclopedia,'' p. 412. The island is administered by Tōkyō Metropolis and is located approximately south of Tokyo a ...

, volcanic island * Miyakejima, volcanic island *

Niijima is a volcano, volcanic Islands of Japan, Japanese island administered by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. It is one of the Izu Seven Islands, group of the seven northern islands of the Izu Islands, Izu archipelago, and is located approximate ...

, volcanic island * Sofugan (A.K.A. Lot's Wife), volcanic island, basalt pillar * Sumisujima (A.K.A. Smith Rocks), volcanic island *

Toshima is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. It is one of the eight central wards of the Tokyo Metropolitan area. Located in the northern area of Tokyo, Toshima is bordered by the wards of Nerima, Itabashi, and Kita in the north and N ...

, volcanic island * Torishima (A.K.A. Izu-Torishima), volcanic island * Ogasawara Archipelago: * Nishinoshima, volcanic island * Fukutoku-Okanoba,

submarine volcano Submarine volcanoes are underwater vents or fissures in the Earth's surface from which magma can erupt. Many submarine volcanoes are located near areas of tectonic plate formation, known as mid-ocean ridges. The volcanoes at mid-ocean ridges ...

* Funka Asane * Iōjima (Iwo Jima), volcanic island * Kaitoku Seamount, submarine volcano * Kaikata Seamount * Kita-Fukutokutai * Minami-Hiyoshi Seamount, submarine volcano * Nikkō Seamount, submarine volcano

Kyūshū

* Wakamiko Caldera a*

Mount Aso or Aso Volcano is the largest active volcano in Japan and among the largest in the world. Common use relates often only to the somma volcano in the centre of Aso Caldera. It stands in Aso Kujū National Park in Kumamoto Prefecture, on the i ...

(A.K.A. Aso Caldera), caldera * Fukue Volcano Group * Ikeda (Part of Ibusuki Volcanic Field), caldera *

Mount Kaimon , or Mount Kaimon, is an undissected volcano – consisting of a basal stratovolcano and a small complex central lava dome – which rises to a height of 924 metres above sea level near the city of Ibusuki, Kagoshima, Ibusuki in southern Kyūsh� ...

, stratovolcano * Mount Kirishima *

Mount Kujū , located on the border of Kokonoe and Taketa in Ōita Prefecture, Japan, is a stratovolcano in Kyushu Island, Japan, with a summit elevation of . It is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains. It is part of the Aso-Kujū National Park. S ...

, stratovolcano *

Sakurajima Sakurajima (, ) is an active composite volcano, stratovolcano, formerly an island and now a peninsula, in Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan. The lava flows of the 1914 eruption connected it with the Ōsumi Peninsula. It is the most active vo ...

, Somma-

* Lake Sumiyoshi a* Yonemaru a* Mount Tsurumi and Mount Garan, lava dome *

Mount Unzen is an active volcanic group of several overlapping stratovolcanoes, near the city of Shimabara, Nagasaki on the island of Kyushu, Japan's southernmost main island. In 1792, the collapse of one of its several lava domes triggered a megatsuna ...

, complex stratovolcano * Mount Yufu, stratovolcano

Ryūkyū Islands

* Submarine Volcano NNE of Iriomotejima, submarine volcano *

Iōtorishima or Iwo Tori-shima, also called Okinawa Torishima (沖縄鳥島), is a Volcano, volcanic island part of the Ryukyu Islands, Ryūkyū Island chain with the only active volcano in Okinawa Prefecture. Geography Iotourishima is located 65 k ...

, volcanic island *

Kikai Caldera (alternatively Kikaiga-shima, Kikai Caldera Complex) is a massive, mostly submerged caldera up to in diameter in the Ōsumi Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Geology The Kikai Caldera Complex has twin ovoid caldera by in diameter. Yaha ...

, caldera * Kuchinoshima * Kuchinoerabujima * Nakanoshima, volcanic island * Suwanosejima * Yokoatejima, volcanic island Colima Volcano Mexican Flag

Mexico

Source: * Los Atlixcos, shield volcano * Barcena, pyroclastic cone * Ceboruco, stratovolcano * Chichinautzin, volcanic field * El Chichon, lava dome *

Cofre de Perote Cofre de Perote, also known by its Nahuatl names Naupa-Tecutépetl (from ''Nāuhpa-Tēuctēpetl'') and Nauhcampatépetl, both meaning something like "Place of Four Mountains" or "Mountain of the Lord of Four Places", is an inactive volcano locate ...

, compound *

Colima Colima, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Colima, is among the 31 states that make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It shares its name with its capital and main city, Colima. Colima is a small state of western Mexico on the cen ...

, stratovolcano * Comondu-La Purisima, volcanic field *

Coronado Coronado may refer to: People * Coronado (surname) Coronado is a Spanish surname derived from the village of Cornado, near A Coruña, Galicia. People with the name * Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (1510–1554), Spanish explorer often referred t ...

, stratovolcano * Las Cumbres, stratovolcano * Durango Volcanic Field, volcanic field * La Gloria, volcanic field * Guadalupe, shield volcano * Los Humeros, caldera * Isla Isabel, tuff cone * Iztaccihuatl, stratovolcano * Jaraguay Volcanic Field, volcanic field * Jocotitlan, stratovolcano * La Malinche, stratovolcano * Mascota Volcanic Field, volcanic field * Michoacan-Guanajuato, volcanic field * Naolinco Volcanic Field, volcanic field * Northern East Pacific Rise at 16°N, fissure vent * Northern East Pacific Rise at 17°N, fissure vent *

Pico de Orizaba Citlaltépetl (from Nahuan languages, Náhuatl = star, and = mountain), otherwise known as Pico de Orizaba, is an active volcano, the highest mountain in Mexico and Table of the highest major summits of North America, third highest in North Ame ...

, stratovolcano * Pinacate, volcanic field * Popocatepetl, stratovolcano * Cerro Prieto, lava dome * San Borja Volcanic Field * Isla San Luis, tuff cone * San Martin, volcanic field * Sanganguey, stratovolcano * Serdan-Oriental, volcanic field * Socorro, shield volcano * Tacana, stratovolcano *

Nevado de Toluca Nevado de Toluca () is a stratovolcano in central Mexico, located about west of Mexico City near the city of Toluca. It is the fourth highest of Mexico's peaks, after Pico de Orizaba, Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl. The volcano and the area ...

, stratovolcano * Isla Tortuga, shield volcano * Zitacuaro-Valle de Bravo, volcanic field Mayon Volcano and the Sleeping Lion

Philippines

Source: * Ambalatungan Group, a volcanic compound * Apo, a

Babuyan Claro Babuyan Claro Volcano, also known as Mount Pangasun, is an active volcano, active volcano located on Babuyan Island, the northernmost of the Babuyan Islands, Babuyan group of islands in Luzon Strait, north of the main island of Luzon in the Phil ...

, a stratovolcano * Balut, a stratovolcano * Mount Banahaw,

Biliran Biliran, officially the Province of Biliran (Waray language, Waray-Waray: ''Probinsya han Biliran''; ; ), is an island province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas Regions of the Philippines, region (Region VIII). Biliran is one of ...

, volcanic compound * Mount Bulusan, stratovolcano * Cabalían, stratovolcano * Cagua, stratovolcano *

Camiguin Camiguin, officially the Province of Camiguin (; ; Kamigin: ''Probinsya ta Kamigin''), is an island province in the Philippines located in the Bohol Sea, about off the northern coast of mainland Mindanao. It is geographically part of Region ...

, stratovolcano *

Camiguin de Babuyanes Camiguin, officially the Province of Camiguin (; ; Kamigin: ''Probinsya ta Kamigin''), is an island province in the Philippines located in the Bohol Sea, about off the northern coast of mainland Mindanao. It is geographically part of Region ...

, stratovolcano * Cuernos de Negros, volcanic complex *

Didicas Didicas Volcano is an active volcanic island in the province of Cagayan in northern Philippines. The island, which was a submarine volcano and re-emerged from the sea in 1952, is NE of Camiguin Island, one of the Babuyan Islands in Luzon Stra ...

, volcanic compound * Iraya, stratovolcano *

Iriga Iriga, officially the City of Iriga (Rinconada Bikol: ''Syudad ka Iriga''; ; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city in the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the ...

, stratovolcano * Isarog, stratovolcano * Kalatungan, stratovolcano *

Kanlaon Kanlaon, also known as Mount Kanlaon and Kanlaon Volcano (; ; ), is an active andesitic stratovolcano and the highest mountain on the island of Negros in the Philippines, as well as the highest peak in the Visayas, with an elevation of above ...

, stratovolcano * Laguna Caldera, a caldera * Leonard Range, stratovolcano * Mahagnao, stratovolcano * Makaturing, stratovolcano * Malindang, stratovolcano * Malindig, stratovolcano * Mandalagan, volcanic complex * Masaraga, stratovolcano * Matutum, stratovolcano *

Mayon Mayon (; , ), also known as Mount Mayon and Mayon Volcano is an active stratovolcano in the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Albay in Bicol Region, Bicol, Philippines. A popular tourist spot, it is renowned for its "perfect cone" bec ...

, stratovolcano * Musuan, a

* Parker, stratovolcano * Patoc, stratovolcano * Pinatubo, stratovolcano * Pocdol Mountains, a volcanic compound * Ragang, stratovolcano * San Pablo Volcanic Field, a volcanic field * Silay, stratovolcano * Taal, a

Turkey

Mount Ararat Mount Ararat, also known as Masis or Mount Ağrı, is a snow-capped and dormant compound volcano in Eastern Turkey, easternmost Turkey. It consists of two major volcanic cones: Greater Ararat and Little Ararat. Greater Ararat is the highest p ...

, a compound volcano

United States

Kilauea Fissure 8 cone erupting on 6-28-2018

Hawaii

Source: *

, a

, hotspot volcano *

, a shield volcano * Hualālai a shield volcano *

Mauna Kea Mauna Kea (, ; abbreviation for ''Mauna a Wākea''); is a dormant Shield volcano, shield volcano on the Hawaii (island), island of Hawaii. Its peak is above sea level, making it the List of U.S. states by elevation, highest point in Hawaii a ...

, a shield volcano * Kama'ehuakanaloa, a

off the coast of Hawaii *

Haleakalā Haleakalā (; Hawaiian: ), or the East Maui Volcano, is a massive, active shield volcano that forms more than 75% of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian Island of Maui. The western 25% of the island is formed by another volcano, Mauna Kahalawai, als ...

, a shield volcano

Oregon

* Boring Lava Field, a

that intersects with Washington *

Mount Hood Mount Hood, also known as Wy'east, is an active stratovolcano in the Cascade Range and is a member of the Cascade Volcanic Arc. It was formed by a subduction zone on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast and rests in the Pacific N ...

, a

* Mount Jefferson (Oregon), a stratovolcano * Olallie Butte, a

* Blue Lake Crater, a

maar A maar is a broad, low-relief volcanic crater caused by a phreatomagmatic eruption (an explosion which occurs when groundwater comes into contact with hot lava or magma). A maar characteristically fills with water to form a relatively shallow ...

* Sand Mountain Volcanic Field, a volcanic field * Mount Washington (Oregon), a shield volcano or stratovolcano * Belknap Crater, a shield volcano * Three Sisters, a shield volcano, stratovolcano(es), and

complex volcano A complex volcano, also called a compound volcano or a volcanic complex, is a mixed landform consisting of related volcanic centers and their associated lava flows and pyroclastic rock. They may form due to changes in eruptive habit or ...

* Mount Bachelor, a stratovolcano and shield volcano * Newberry Volcano, a shield volcano, stratovolcano, and

* Devils Garden volcanic field, a volcanic field * East Lava Field, a volcanic field * Four Craters Lava Field, a volcanic field * Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley basin, a volcanic field * Davis Lake volcanic field, a volcanic field * Cinnamon Butte, a volcanic field,

s, and

cinder cone A cinder cone or scoria cone is a steep, volcanic cone, conical landform of loose pyroclastic rock, pyroclastic fragments, such as volcanic ash, clinkers, or scoria that has been built around a volcanic vent. The pyroclastic fragments are forme ...

s * Mount Bailey (Oregon), a shield volcano and tephra cone *

Mount Mazama Mount Mazama ( Klamath: ''Tum-sum-ne'') is a complex volcano in the western U.S. state of Oregon, in a segment of the Cascade Volcanic Arc and Cascade Range. The volcano is in Klamath County, in the southern Cascades, north of the Oregon– ...

, a stratovolcano, shield volcano, caldera, and complex volcano * Wizard Island, a cinder cone and volcanic

island An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being split from a continent by plate tectonics, and oceanic islands, which have never been ...

* Merriam Cone, a cinder cone and

seamount A seamount is a large submarine landform that rises from the ocean floor without reaching the water surface (sea level), and thus is not an island, islet, or cliff-rock. Seamounts are typically formed from extinct volcanoes that rise abruptly a ...

under Mount Mazama's waters * Mount McLoughlin, a stratovolcano, shield volcano, and cinder cone * Brown Mountain (Oregon), a shield volcano and cinder cone * Pelican Butte, a shield volcano *

Modoc Plateau __NOTOC__ The Modoc Plateau lies in the northeast corner of California as well as parts of Oregon and Nevada. Nearly of the Modoc National Forest are on the plateau between the Medicine Lake Highlands in the west and the Warner Mountains in the ...

, a volcanic field and

volcanic plateau A volcanic plateau is a plateau produced by volcanic activity. There are two main types: lava plateaus and pyroclastic plateaus. Lava plateau Lava plateaus are formed by highly fluid basaltic lava during numerous successive eruptions thro ...

* Diamond Craters, a volcanic field and shield volcano * Jordan Craters, a volcanic field * Jackies Butte, a volcanic field, shield volcanoes, and cinder cones Mount-saint-helens

Washington

* Mount Saint Helens, a stratovolcano with lava domes *

Mount Adams (Washington) Mount Adams, known by some Native American tribes as Pahto or Klickitat, is an active volcano, active stratovolcano in the Cascade Range. Although Adams has not erupted in more than 1,000 years, it is not considered extinct. It is the seco ...

, a stratovolcano *

Mount Rainier Mount Rainier ( ), also known as Tahoma, is a large active stratovolcano in the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest in the United States. The mountain is located in Mount Rainier National Park about south-southeast of Seattle. With an off ...

, a stratovolcano *

Glacier Peak Glacier Peak or Dakobed (known in the Sauk-Suiattle dialect of the Lushootseed language as "Tda-ko-buh-ba" or "Takobia") is the most isolated of the five major stratovolcanoes (composite volcanoes) of the Cascade Volcanoes, Cascade Volcanic Arc ...

, a stratovolcano * Mount Baker, a stratovolcano * Sherman Crater, a

volcanic crater A volcanic crater is an approximately circular depression in the ground caused by volcanic activity. It is typically a bowl-shaped feature containing one or more vents. During volcanic eruptions, molten magma and volcanic gases rise from an ...

and the most active volcanic crater on Mount Baker * Tumac Mountain, a shield volcano *

Spiral Butte Spiral Butte is a cinder cone in Yakima County, Washington, Yakima County, Washington (state), Washington in the United States. The summit and most of the slopes are located within the William O. Douglas Wilderness of the Okanogan–Wenatchee Nat ...

, a cinder cone and lava dome with a preserved

lava flow Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a Natural satellite, moon onto its surface. Lava may be erupted at a volcano or through a Fissure vent, fractu ...

* King Mountain (Washington), a shield volcano with a series of spatter cones * Indian Heaven, a volcanic field and group of shield volcanoes * Marble Mountain-Trout Creek Hill, a volcanic field * Boring Lava Field, a volcanic field that intersects with Oregon Mount Shasta from I-5

California

Mount Shasta Mount Shasta ( ; Shasta people, Shasta: ''Waka-nunee-Tuki-wuki''; Karuk language, Karuk: ''Úytaahkoo'') is a Volcano#Volcanic activity, potentially active stratovolcano at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County, California. A ...

, a stratovolcano * Shastina, a stratovolcano and flank cone of Mount Shasta * Hotlum Cone, a stratovolcanic cinder cone and most recent cone of Mount Shasta * Misery Hill (California), a stratovolcanic cone near the peak of Mount Shasta * Sargents Ridge, a stratovolcanic cone of Mount Shasta that is also in a volcano complex with Shastarama Point * Shastarama Point, a stratovolcanic cone of Mount Shasta that has a crater and lava dome and shares a volcano complex with Sargents Ridge * Black Butte (Siskiyou County, California), a group of overlapping lava domes that are also a smaller cone of Mount Shasta * Medicine Lake Volcano, a large shield volcano and caldera east to northeast of Mount Shasta * Brushy Butte, a poorly-known shield volcano with a cinder cone on its west flank called Timbered Crater * Chaos Crags, a group of lava domes northwest of Lassen Peak *

Lassen Peak Lassen Peak ( ), commonly referred to as Mount Lassen, is a lava dome volcano in Lassen Volcanic National Park in Northern California. Located in the Shasta Cascade region above the northern Sacramento Valley, it is the southernmost active vo ...

, a large lava dome *

Lassen Volcanic National Park Lassen Volcanic National Park is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States in northeastern California. The dominant feature of the park is Lassen Peak, the largest lava dome, plug dome volcano in the wo ...

, a volcanic area and volcanic field * Clear Lake Volcanic Field, a volcanic field full of lava domes and cinder cones *

Mount Konocti Mount Konocti is a volcano in Lake County, California, Lake County, California on the south shore of Clear Lake (California), Clear Lake. At , it is the second highest peak in the Clear Lake Volcanic Field, which consists of numerous volcanic d ...

, a lava dome * Mono-Inyo Craters, a volcanic field and

volcanic arc A volcanic arc (also known as a magmatic arc) is a belt of volcanoes formed above a subducting oceanic tectonic plate, with the belt arranged in an arc shape as seen from above. Volcanic arcs typically parallel an oceanic trench, with the arc ...

within the

Sierra Nevada The Sierra Nevada ( ) is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primari ...

* Negit Island, an island with a

volcanic cone Volcanic cones are among the simplest volcanic landforms. They are built by ejecta from a volcanic vent, piling up around the vent in the shape of a cone with a central crater. Volcanic cones are of different types, depending upon the nature and s ...

on it * Paoha Island, an island with a volcanic cone on it * Panum Crater, a cinder cone with a lava dome *

Mammoth Mountain Mammoth Mountain is a lava dome complex partially located in the town of Mammoth Lakes, California, in the Inyo National Forest of Madera County, California, Madera and Mono County, California, Mono counties. It is home to a large Mammoth Mounta ...

, a large lava dome *

Long Valley Caldera Long Valley Caldera is a Depression (geology), depression in eastern California that is adjacent to Mammoth Mountain. The valley is one of the Earth's largest calderas, measuring about long (east-west), wide (north-south), and up to deep. Lo ...

, a caldera and

supervolcano A supervolcano is a volcano that has had an eruption with a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 8, the largest recorded value on the index. This means the volume of deposits for such an eruption is greater than . Supervolcanoes occur whe ...

* Little Walker Caldera, a caldera and possible supervolcano * Big Pine volcanic field, a volcanic field * Coso Volcanic Field, a volcanic field * Cima volcanic field, a volcanic field * Lavic Lake volcanic field, a volcanic field * Amboy Crater, a cinder cone * Pisgah Crater, a cinder cone * Aiken's Wash, a cinder cone * Salton Buttes, a group of short and small lava domes southeast of the

Salton Sea The Salton Sea is a shallow, landlocked, highly salinity, saline endorheic lake in Riverside County, California, Riverside and Imperial County, California, Imperial counties in Southern California. It lies on the San Andreas Fault within the S ...

* Red Island Volcano, a short lava dome

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