Volcanoes of the world

Mount Erebus

Active volcano in Antarctica

Mount Saint Helens

An active volcano in the Cascade Range in southwestern Washington that suddenly erupted in 1980.

galeras

Andean Stratovolcano

bezymianny

Bezymianny is an active stratovolcano in Kamchatka, Russia. Bezymianny volcano had been considered extinct until 1955. Activity started in 1955, culminating in a dramatic eruption on 30 March 1956

Krakatoa

Composite, Indonesia, Produced loudest noise heard by man, Blew up island of Rakata, Caused tsunami that killed 23,000

copahue

Copahue is a stratovolcano in the Andes on the border of Bío Bío Region, Chile and Neuquén Province, Argentina

Cotopaxi Volcano

Ecuador

Nevado del Ruiz

Generated deadly lahars in 1985 that attained speeds of 60 miles per hour and claimed 25,000 lives.

mount rainier

Highest mountain of the Cascade Range and the highest in Washington.

Mount Katmai

In 1912, the top of this Alaskan volcano collapsed when its magma chamber emptied out Novarupta's vent, forming a caldera (USGS image by Cyrus Read).

Mount Fuji

Japan's highest mountain peak.

klyuchevskaya sopka

Klyuchevskaya Sopka is a stratovolcano, the highest mountain on the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia and the highest active volcano of Eurasia. It is the highest mountain in Siberia. Its steep, symmetrical cone towers about 100 kilometres from the Bering Sea

mauna loa

Largest volcano on earth

reventador

Reventador is an active stratovolcano which lies in the eastern Andes of Ecuador

Ijen

The Ijen volcano complex is a group of composite volcanoes located on the border between Banyuwangi Regency and Bondowoso Regency of East Java, Indonesia

Grimsvotn

Under Vatnajokull (the largest European glacier), which erupts 13x in 15 years

villarrica

Villarrica is one of Chile's most active volcanoes, rising above the lake and town of the same name, 750 km south of Santiago. It is also known as Rucapillán, a Mapuche word meaning "great spirit's house"

Mount Vesuvius

Volcano that erupted in 79 AD that killed many people and buried the city of Pompeii

Glacier Peak

Which volcano has SIX eruptions in the Cascade Range over the last 4000 years (Hint: there is a figure showing frequency of volcanic eruptions in Cascade Range)?

Mount Shasta

a volcanic mountain in northern California

Mount Merapi

active volcano in Java

Pacaya Volcano

is an active complex voclano

volcan sangay

is an active stratovolcano

Erta Ale

longest continually erupting volcano

Mount Agung

sacred volcano in Bali

Popocatepetl

the volcanic mountain known as "Smoking Mountain"

barren island

volcanic island

Mount Etna

volcano located in Sicily, Italy

Kilauea

world's most active volcano