These lists cover

volcano A volcano is a rupture 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 found where tectonic plates ...

es by type and by location.

Type

List of extraterrestrial volcanoes This is a list of active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes located beyond planet Earth. They may be designated mons (mountain), patera (an irregular crater) or tholus (small mountain or hill) in accordance with the International Astronomical Union's ...

* List of largest volcanic eruptions *

List of shield volcanoes This list of shield volcanoes includes active, dormant and extinct shield volcanoes. Shield Volcanoes are one of the three types of volcanoes. They have a short cone shape, and have basaltic lava which means the lava has low viscosity (viscosit ...

* List of stratovolcanoes * List of subglacial volcanoes * List of submarine volcanoes *

List of volcanoes by elevation A list (incomplete) of volcanoes on Earth arranged by elevation in metres. 6,000 metres 5,000 metres 4,000 metres 3,000 metres 2,000 metres 1,000 metres Below 1,000 metres From its base on the ocean floor A list (in ...

Location

Africa

* List of volcanoes in Algeria *

List of volcanoes in Cameroon This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Cameroon. References {{Global Volcanism Program Cameroon Volcanoes ...

* List of volcanoes in Cape Verde *

List of volcanoes in Chad This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Chad. References Notes {{Reflist Chad Volcanoes ...

* List of volcanoes in the Comoros * List of volcanoes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo * List of volcanoes in Djibouti *

List of volcanoes in Equatorial Guinea This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Equatorial Guinea. References {{Global Volcanism Program Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), offici ...

* List of volcanoes in Eritrea * List of volcanoes in Ethiopia * List of volcanoes in Kenya *

List of volcanoes in Libya This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Libya. References {{Global Volcanism Program Libya Volcan ...

List of volcanoes in Madagascar This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Madagascar. References {{Global Volcanism Program Madagascar Volcanoes ...

*In Nigeria all the volcanoes are in the

Biu Plateau The Biu Plateau is a highland area in Northeastern Nigeria containing many recently extinct volcanoes. It covers about and has an average elevation of . The plateau lies between the Upper Benue Basin to the south and the Chad Basin to the north ...

List of volcanoes in Réunion This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes. References {{DEFAULTSORT:List of volcanoes in Reunion Reunion Reunion may refer to: * Class reunion * Family reunion Reunion, Réunion, Re-union, Reunions or The Reunion may also refer ...

List of volcanoes in Rwanda This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Rwanda. References {{Rwanda topics Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, wher ...

*São Tomé and Príncipe has only one volcano,

Pico de São Tomé Pico de São Tomé is the highest mountain in São Tomé and Príncipe at elevation. It lies just west of the centre of São Tomé Island, in the Parque Natural Obô de São Tomé and in the Lembá District. The second highest point, Pico de ...

List of volcanoes in South Africa This is a list of active, dormant and extinct volcanoes in South Africa. Worcester Western Cape, type : mountain , aux cord 35”47 , S, O References {{Global Volcanism Program South Africa * Volcanoes ...

List of volcanoes in Sudan This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Sudan. References {{Global Volcanism Program Sudan Volcanoes ...

* List of volcanoes in Tanzania *

List of volcanoes in Uganda This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Uganda. References {{Global Volcanism Program Uganda Volcanoes ...

Americas

List of volcanoes in Argentina This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Argentina. Volcanoes {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;" , - style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" , Name ! rowspan="2" , Type ! colspan="2" , Elevation ! Location ...

* 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 Mainland Canada, in the Canadian islands and in Canadian waters. All but one province, Prince Edward Island, have at least one volcano. Alberta British Columbia Ne ...

* List of volcanoes in Chile *

List of volcanoes in Colombia This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Colombia. See also * List of earthquakes in Colombia * List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colombia * Geology of Colombia References {{South America topic, state=uncoll ...

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

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 ( or ; Kalin ...

* List of volcanoes in Ecuador *

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 {{Centra ...

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

List of volcanoes in Guatemala This is a list of active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes in Guatemala. Volcanoes See also * Central America Volcanic Arc * List of volcanoes in El Salvador * List of volcanoes in Honduras * List of volcanoes in Mexico Footnotes ...

* List of volcanoes in Hawaii *

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

* List of volcanoes in Martinique *

List of volcanoes in Mexico Types of volcanoes There are multiple types of volcanoes in Mexico. Volcanoes can be of different types such as cinder cone volcanoes, composite volcanoes, shield volcanoes, and lava domes. Each of these variations of volcanos forms in its ...

* 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 ...

List of volcanoes in Panama This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Panama. See also * Central America Volcanic Arc * List of volcanoes in Costa Rica This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Costa Rica. See also * List of lakes in Costa R ...

* List of volcanoes in Peru *

List of volcanoes in Saint Kitts and Nevis A list of active and extinct volcanoes in the 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 archipelago. List See als ...

* List of volcanoes in Saint Lucia * List of volcanoes in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * List of volcanoes in the United States *Venezuela has no recognized volcanoes.

Asia

* List of volcanoes in Afghanistan * List of volcanoes in Armenia * List of volcanoes in Azerbaijan * List of volcanoes in Cambodia *

List of volcanoes in China This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in China. Volcanic Fields in China *The Arshan volcanic field is found in the Greater Khingan mountain range, it contains more than 40 cenozoic volcanic cones. *The Honggeertu volcanic field ...

List of volcanoes in India This is a list of active, dormant and extinct volcanoes in India. See also * Lists of volcanoes These lists cover volcanoes by type and by location. Type * List of extraterrestrial volcanoes * List of largest volcanic eruptions * Lis ...

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 Indo-Australian plate. Some of the volcanoes are notable for their eruptions, for instance, Krakatoa for its globa ...

* List of volcanoes in Iran *The only known volcanoes in Israel are in the

Golan Heights The Golan Heights ( ar, هَضْبَةُ الْجَوْلَانِ, Haḍbatu l-Jawlān or ; he, רמת הגולן, ), or simply the Golan, is a region in the Levant spanning about . The region defined as the Golan Heights differs between di ...

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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 Archipelag ...

* List of volcanoes in Korea *

List of volcanoes in Malaysia There are several volcanoes in the territory of Malaysia, mostly located in the state of Sabah. See also * List of mountains in Malaysia References Further reading {{DEFAULTSORT:Volcanoes in Malaysia Malaysia Volcanoes A ...

* 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 This is a partial list of active and extinct volcanoes in Saudi Arabia. References {{Asia topic, state=uncollapsed, List of volcanoes in Saudi Arabia Volcanoes A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, ...

* List of volcanoes in Syria * List of volcanoes in Taiwan * List of volcanoes in Thailand * List of volcanoes in Turkey * List of volcanoes in Vietnam *

List of volcanoes in Yemen This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Yemen. See also * Geography of Yemen * Geology of Yemen * Mountains in the Arabian Peninsula References {{Mountains in the Arabian Peninsula Yemen Volcanoes A volcano is a rup ...

Europe

List of volcanoes in Europe Though Canary Islands geographically are part of the African plate and are generally considered part of the African continent, they administratively belong to Spain and therefore volcanoes of the islands are on this list. See also * Lists ...

* List of volcanoes in France * List of volcanoes in Germany *

List of volcanoes in Georgia (country) This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Georgia. References {{Georgia (country) topics Georgia (country) Volcanoes A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volc ...

* List of volcanoes in Greece *

List of volcanoes in Iceland This list of volcanoes in Iceland includes active and dormant volcanic mountains, of which 18 have erupted since human settlement of Iceland began around 900 AD. __TOC__ List Volcanic zones and systems Iceland has four major volcanic ...

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 This article contains a sortable table listing mountains of Italy. All mountain heights and prominences on the list are f ...

List of volcanoes in the Netherlands This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in the Netherlands. See also * List of mountains and hills in the Netherlands References {{Netherlands topics Netherlands Volcanoes A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary- ...

* 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 Republic of Ireland possesses no active volcanoes. Volcanic activity in the country occurred primarily between 480–430 mya (million years ago), during the Ordovician geological age. List {, class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2", Name !!colspan ...

*The only known volcano in Romania is

Ciomadul Ciomadul is a volcano in Romania, and is known as in Hungarian. It is in the Carpathians, close to the towns of Băile Tușnad and Bixad. It is part of a volcanic chain known as the Călimani (Kelemen) – Gurghiu (Görgényi) – Harghita (Ha ...

. * 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 a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, ...

* List of volcanoes in French Polynesia * List of volcanoes in French Southern and Antarctic Lands *

List of volcanoes in New Zealand This is a partial list of active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes in New Zealand. Kermadec Arc and Havre Trough North Island Taupō Volcanic Zone Elsewhere Mangakino Culdera South Island Other Ross Dependency New Zealand a ...

* 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 This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in the South Sandwich Islands. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Volcanoes in South Sandwich Islands South Sandwich Islands ) , anthem = "God Save the King" , song_type = , song = , image_ma ...

* List of volcanoes in Tristan da Cunha * List of volcanoes in Tonga *

List of volcanoes in Vanuatu This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Vanuatu. Volcanoes See also *Lists of volcanoes References {{Vanuatu topics Vanuatu Volcanoes A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, ...

* 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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