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
