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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 ...

es by type and by location.

Type

Active volcano An active volcano is a volcano 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 current geologic epoch that began approximately 11,700 years ...

* List of extraterrestrial volcanoes *

List of largest volcanic eruptions In a volcanic eruption, lava, volcanic bombs, ash, and various gases are expelled from a volcanic vent and Fissure vent, fissure. While many eruptions only pose dangers to the immediately surrounding area, Earth's largest eruptions can have a maj ...

* List of shield volcanoes * List of stratovolcanoes * List of crater lakes

Location

Africa

* List of volcanoes in Algeria * List of volcanoes in Cameroon * List of volcanoes in Cape Verde * List of volcanoes in Chad * List of volcanoes in the Comoros * List of volcanoes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo *

List of volcanoes in Djibouti This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Djibouti. References Tiho Information
{{Djibouti topics Lists of volcanoes, Djibouti Lists of landforms of Djibouti, Volcanoes Volcanoes of Djibouti, * ...

List of volcanoes in Equatorial Guinea This is a list of active and extinct Volcano, volcanoes in Equatorial Guinea. References

{{Global Volcanism Program Lists of volcanoes, Equatorial Guinea Volcanoes of Equatorial Guinea, Lists of landforms of Equatorial Guinea, Volca ...

* List of volcanoes in Eritrea *

List of volcanoes in Ethiopia This is a list of volcanoes in Ethiopia. It includes both active and extinct vents. See also * List of mountains in Ethiopia * Geography of Ethiopia * Lists of volcanoes References

{{Global Volcanism Program Lists of landforms of Eth ...

* List of volcanoes in Kenya * List of volcanoes in Libya * List of volcanoes in Madagascar * List of volcanoes of Mauritius *In Nigeria all the volcanoes are in the Biu Plateau * List of volcanoes in Réunion * List of volcanoes in Rwanda *São Tomé and Príncipe has only one volcano, Pico de São Tomé *

List of volcanoes in South Africa A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...

* List of volcanoes in Sudan * List of volcanoes in Tanzania * List of volcanoes in Uganda

Americas

List of volcanoes in Argentina This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Argentina. Volcanoes References

{{Andean volcanoes, state=collapsed Volcanoes of Argentina, Lists of landforms of Argentina, Volcanoes Lists of volcanoes, Argentina Andean Vol ...

* List of volcanoes in Bolivia * List of volcanoes in Brazil *

List of volcanoes in Canada List of volcanoes in Canada is an incomplete list of volcanoes found in Geography of Canada, mainland Canada, in the Islands of Canada, Canadian islands and in Canadian waters. All but two Provinces of Canada, provinces, Prince Edward Island and ...

* List of volcanoes in the Caribbean * List of volcanoes in Chile * List of volcanoes in Colombia *

List of volcanoes in Costa Rica This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Costa Rica. See also * List of lakes of Costa Rica * Central America Volcanic Arc * Lists of volcanoes ** List of volcanoes in El Salvador ** List of volcanoes in Guatemala ** List of vol ...

List of volcanoes in Dominica Dominica is an island-nation in the Caribbean that is part of the Lesser Antilles chain of islands. The island has active and extinct volcanoes. References {{Global Volcanism Program Dominica Volcanoes Dominica Dominica, officially ...

* List of volcanoes in the Dutch Caribbean *

List of volcanoes in Ecuador This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Ecuador. In Ecuador, National Polytechnic School (Ecuador), EPN monitors the volcanic activity in this Andean nation. Mainland Galápagos Islands References Volcano page, Institu ...

List of volcanoes in El Salvador This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in El Salvador. Volcanoes See also * Central America Volcanic Arc * List of volcanoes in Guatemala * List of volcanoes in Honduras * List of volcanoes in Nicaragua References {{Cent ...

* List of volcanoes in Grenada *Guadeloupe has only one recognized volcano, La Grande Soufrière * List of volcanoes in Guatemala * List of volcanoes in Hawaii * List of volcanoes in Honduras * List of volcanoes in Martinique *

List of volcanoes in Mexico Volcanoes in Mexico form a significant part of the country's geological landscape, with numerous active and extinct volcanoes scattered throughout the nation. These volcanoes are primarily located within the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, a major v ...

* List of volcanoes in Montserrat *

List of volcanoes in Nicaragua This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Nicaragua. Volcanoes See also * Central America Volcanic Arc * List of volcanoes in Costa Rica * List of volcanoes in El Salvador * List of volcanoes in Guatemala * List of volcanoes i ...

* List of volcanoes in Panama * List of volcanoes in Peru *

List of volcanoes in Saint Kitts and Nevis A list of active and extinct volcanoes in the Saint Kitts and Nevis, Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, located in the Caribbean. The two islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis are located in the Leeward Islands chain of the Lesser Antilles archip ...

* List of volcanoes in Saint Lucia * List of volcanoes in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines *

List of volcanoes in the United States This article contains a list of volcanoes in the United States and its territories. Alaska American Samoa Arizona California Colorado Hawaii Idaho Illinois Louisiana Michigan Mississippi Missouri Nevada Ne ...

*Venezuela has no recognized volcanoes.

Asia

* List of volcanoes in Afghanistan * List of volcanoes in Azerbaijan * List of volcanoes in Cambodia * List of volcanoes in China * List of volcanoes in India *

List of volcanoes in Indonesia The geography of Indonesia is dominated by volcanoes that are formed due to subduction zones between the Eurasian plate and the Australian plate, Indo-Australian plate. Some of the volcanoes are notable for their eruptions, for instance, Krak ...

* List of volcanoes in Iran *The only known volcanoes in areas under Israeli rule are in the

Golan Heights The Golan Heights, or simply the Golan, is a basaltic plateau at the southwest corner of Syria. It is bordered by the Yarmouk River in the south, the Sea of Galilee and Hula Valley in the west, the Anti-Lebanon mountains with Mount Hermon in t ...

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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 ...

* List of volcanoes in Korea * List of volcanoes in Malaysia * List of volcanoes in Mongolia * List of volcanoes in Myanmar * List of volcanoes in Pakistan * List of volcanoes in the Philippines * List of volcanoes in Saudi Arabia * List of volcanoes in Syria * List of volcanoes in Taiwan * List of volcanoes in Thailand * List of volcanoes in Vietnam * List of volcanoes in Yemen

Europe

* List of volcanoes in Europe * List of volcanoes in Armenia * List of volcanoes in France * List of volcanoes in Germany * List of volcanoes in Turkey * List of volcanoes in Georgia (country) * List of volcanoes in Greece *

List of volcanoes in Iceland There are too many presumed extinct or now inactive volcanic features to list all of these below, so most monogenetic volcanoes can not be mentioned individually. This list of volcanoes in Iceland only includes major active and dormant volcano, ...

List of volcanoes in Italy This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Italy. See also * Volcanology of Italy * List of mountains of Italy Notes References Global Volcanism Program {{DEFAULTSORT:Volcanoes In Italy Italy Italy, officially the Italian ...

* List of volcanoes in the Netherlands * List of volcanoes in North Macedonia * List of volcanoes in Norway * List of volcanoes in Poland * List of volcanoes in Portugal * List of volcanoes in the Republic of Ireland *The only dormant volcano in Romania is Ciomad. * List of volcanoes in Russia (European section) * List of volcanoes in Spain * List of volcanoes in the United Kingdom

Oceania, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and Antarctica

* List of volcanoes in Antarctica * List of volcanoes in Ascension Island *

List of volcanoes in Australia This is a list of active, dormant and extinct volcanoes in Australia and its island territories. Note that the term volcano is used loosely as it can include groups of related volcanoes and vents that erupted at similar times with lava of re ...

List of volcanoes in Fiji This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Fiji. References *Islands of Fiji Island Directory, United Nations Environment Programme {{Fiji topics Fiji Volcanoes A volcano is commonly defined as a vent or fissure in the crus ...

* List of volcanoes in French Polynesia * List of volcanoes in French Southern and Antarctic Lands * List of volcanoes in New Zealand * List of volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean * List of volcanoes in Papua New Guinea * List of volcanoes in Solomon Islands * List of volcanoes in South Sandwich Islands * List of volcanoes in Tristan da Cunha *

List of volcanoes in Tonga This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Tonga. References * See especiallFigure 1 * Global Volcanism ProgramGVP
* D. Stanley; South Pacific handbook * Government of Tonga, official 1962 land survey {{reflist Lists of volcanoe ...

* List of volcanoes in Vanuatu * List of volcanoes in Wallis Islands * List of volcanoes in Samoa

References

External links

Global Volcanism Program

Current eruptions

Volcano World

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