List of shield volcanoes

This list of shield volcanoes includes active, dormant and extinct shield volcanoes.

Eruption of Kīlauea in 1954

Erta Ale.

The erupting lava from Piton de la Fournaise met the water of the Indian Ocean during the August 2004 eruption.

On the path to the summit of Mount Warning.

Skjaldbreiður as seen from Þingvellir

Active

Canada

• Lava plateau of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex^[1] (British Columbia, Canada)

Ecuador

• Alcedo Volcano, Galápagos Islands
• La Cumbre, Galápagos Islands
• Sierra Negra, Galápagos Islands
• Cerro Azul, Galápagos Islands
• Fernandina Island, Galápagos Islands

Other

• Barrier^[2] (Kenya)
• Bottom half of Mount Erebus (Ross Dependency, Antarctica)
• Erta Ale^[3] (Ethiopia)
• Bottom half of Mount Etna (Sicily, Italy
• Mount Wrangell (Alaska)
• Mount Karthala^[4] (Comoros)
• Namarunu^[5] (Kenya)
• Niuafo'ou (Tonga)
• Mount Nyamuragira^[6] (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Piton de la Fournaise (Réunion, France)
• Masaya Volcano, Nicaragua
• Kīlauea, Hawaii, USA
• Mauna Loa, Hawaii

Dormant

Canada

• Heart Peaks
• Itcha Range^[7] (British Columbia, Canada)
• Lava plateau of Level Mountain^[1] (British Columbia, Canada)

United States

• Newberry Volcano in central Oregon
• The Three Sisters in Oregon.
• Indian Heaven (Washington)
• Mauna Kea (Hawaii)
• Hualālai (Hawaii)
• Haleakalā (Maui)
• Medicine Lake Volcano (California)
• House Mountain Volcano (Arizona)
• Mauna Loa (Hawaii)

Kenya

• Mount Marsabit^[8]
• Menengai^[9]

Other

• La Grille^[10] (Comoros)
• Queen Mary's Peak^[11] (South Atlantic Ocean)
• Rangitoto Island^[12] (New Zealand)
• Santorini^[13] (Greece)
• São Tomé^[14] (São Tomé and Príncipe, Atlantic Ocean)
• Skjaldbreiður (Iceland)^[15]
• Mount Takahe^[16] (Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica)
• Taveuni^[17] (Fiji)
• Karaca Dağ^[18] (Turkey)

Extinct

Antarctica

• Mount Andrus
• Mount Berlin
• Mount Moulton
• Mount Sidley (Marie Byrd Land)
• Mount Terror (Ross Dependency)

Other

• Banks Peninsula (Christchurch, New Zealand)
• Bermuda Pedestal (Bermuda, United Kingdom)
• Dunedin Volcano (Dunedin, New Zealand)
• Kohala (Hawaii, United States)
• Kookooligit Mountains (St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, United States)
• Lord Howe Island, (Australia)
• Tweed Volcano, Australia
• Piton des Neiges (Réunion, France)
• Poike (Easter Island, Chile)
• Rano Kau (Easter Island, Chile)
• Terevaka (Easter Island, Chile)
• Verkhovoy (Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.)
• Ball's Pyramid of Australia is a volcanic plug, or an erosional remnant of a shield volcano.
• Tamu Massif^[19] (Shatsky Rise, Pacific Ocean)

Other planets and satellites

Mars & Venus

• Alba Mons
• Olympus Mons
• Arsia Mons
• Ascraeus Mons
• Pavonis Mons
• Syrtis Major Planum
• Maat Mons
• Theia Mons

Io

Io, a moon of Jupiter, has several volcanoes that spew sulphur. Some of these include Pele and Tohil Mons.

Pyroclastic shields

Bolivia

• Sacabaya
• Tata Sabaya

Nicaragua

• Apoyeque
• Masaya

Papua New Guinea

• Rabaul, New Britain

Bougainville

• Billy Mitchell
• Loloru

Other

• Emi Koussi, Chad
• Ambrym, Vanuatu
• Purico Complex, Chile

See also

• List of stratovolcanoes
• List of subglacial volcanoes
• List of cinder cones
• List of lava domes
• Shield volcano
• List of currently erupting volcanoes

References

1. Wood, Charles A.; Kienle, Jürgen (2001). Volcanoes of North America: United States and Canada. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. pp. 124–126. ISBN 978-0-521-43811-7. OCLC 27910629.
2. "The Barrier". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
3. "Erta Ale". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
4. "Karthala". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
5. "Namarunu". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
6. "Nyamuragira". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
7. Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2009-05-29
8. "Marsabit". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
9. "Menengai". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
10. "La Grille". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
11. "Tristan da Cunha". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
12. "Auckland Field". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
13. "Santorini". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
14. "São Tomé". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
15. "Prestahnukur". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
16. "Takahe". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
17. "Taveuni". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
18. "Karaca Dağ". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
19. Sager, et al., An immense shield volcano within the Shatsky Rise oceanic plateau, northwest Pacific Ocean, Nature GeoScience, September 2013