List of stratovolcanoes

A list of stratovolcanoes active in geologically recent (Holocene) times follows below. The Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program database lists more than 700 such stratovolcanoes.

Africa

Mount Kenya in 1972.

Lava lake inside Mount Nyiragongo.

Cameroon

• Mount Cameroon

Democratic Republic of Congo

• Mount Nyiragongo, Goma. Listed as a Decade Volcano. It contains an active lava lake inside its crater which overflowed due to a crack in 2002.

Eritrea

• Alid Volcano

Ethiopia

• Borawli, Afar Region, Ethiopia

Kenya

• Mount Kenya, which contains several volcanic plugs on its peak.

Tanzania

• Ol Doinyo Lengai, the Earth's only active carbonatite lava-producing volcano.
• Mount Kilimanjaro, a dormant stratovolcano. It is the highest peak on Africa.
• Mount Meru

Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Mount Pico in Pico Island, Azores
• Teide in Tenerife, Canary Islands
• Cumbre Vieja in La Palma, Canary Islands
• Mount Fogo in Fogo, Cape Verde
• Green Mountain, Ascension Island

Americas

Caribbean

• La Grande Soufrière on the island of Basse-Terre in Guadaloupe, West Indies^[1]
• The Soufriere Hills on the island of Montserrat. 1995 eruptions resulted in the abandonment of its capital city, Plymouth.
• Soufrière (volcano) in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Mount Pelée in Martinique

Central America

Arenal Volcano in November 2006.

Costa Rica

• Arenal in La Fortuna, San Carlos
• Poás in Alajuela
• Turrialba in Turrialba County, Cartago
• Chato in La Fortuna, San Carlos
• Irazu in Cartago, Cartago Province

El Salvador

Close up aerial view of the nested summit calderas and craters of Santa Ana Volcano, along with the crater lake

• San Miguel and Chinameca in San Miguel department
• Santa Ana in Santa Ana department
• Chichontepec
• Guazapa
• Taburete
• Izalco

Mexico

• Popocatépetl, just 70 km (43 mi) southeast of Mexico City
• Colima, designated as a Decade Volcano
• Nevado de Toluca
• Pico de Orizaba

Panamá

• Volcán Barú

(From left to right) Agua, Fuego, and Acatenango volcanoes, taken from Guatemala City.

Guatemala

• Volcán Tacaná on the border between Mexico and Guatemala
• Volcán Tajumulco Highest point and highest volcano in Central America
• Volcán Cerro Quemado (Almolonga)
• Volcán Santa María, a Decade Volcano. It has a smaller peak called Santiaguito.
• Volcán Siete Orejas
• Volcán San Pedro
• Volcán Atitlán
• Volcán Tolimán
• Volcán Acatenango
• Volcán de Fuego
• Volcán de Agua
• Pacaya
• Tecuamburro
• Tahual
• Volcán Jumay
• Volcán Ipala
• Suchitán
• Volcán Moyuta
• Volcán Chingo on the border between Guatemala and El Salvador

North America

Northwest side of Mount Rainier seen from Tacoma

The Mount Cayley volcanic complex on August 13, 2005. Summits left to right are Pyroclastic Peak and Mount Cayley.

Mount Adams, 2013

Canada

• Mount Boucherie in the southern interior of British Columbia.
• Mount Cayley in southwestern British Columbia. See also Mount Cayley volcanic field.
• Mount Garibaldi in southwestern British Columbia
• Hoodoo Mountain in northwestern British Columbia
• Mount Meager in southwestern British Columbia - Produced Canada's youngest major catastrophic eruption
• Mount Price in southwestern British Columbia
• The Black Tusk in southwestern British Columbia
• Coquihalla Mountain in southwestern British Columbia
• Mount Edziza in northwestern British Columbia
• Back River volcanic complex in the Northwest Territories

United States

• Lassen Peak in California
• Mount Bona in Alaska
• Mount Churchill in Alaska
• Mount Baker in Washington
• Mount Rainier in Washington.
• Mount St. Helens in Washington. In May 18, 1980, it produced a large eruption preceded by a massive landslide which decimated the volcano's height.
• Cleveland volcano in Alaska
• Mount Redoubt in Alaska
• Mount Shishaldin in Alaska
• Mount Akutan in Alaska
• Augustine Volcano, Cook Inlet, Alaska
• Mount Katmai, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska
• Mount Pavlof, Alaska
• Korovin Volcano, Alaska
• Glacier Peak in Washington
• Mount Adams in Washington
• Mount Hood in Oregon
• Mount Jefferson in Oregon
• Mammoth Mountain in California
• Mount Shasta in California
• Mount Vsevidof in Alaska
• The Three Sisters in Oregon
• San Francisco Mountain in Arizona
• Mount Taylor in New Mexico

South America

San Vicente in 1994

A view of Acotango from Chungará Lake

Lanín, January 1997

Chile

• Llaima
• Irruputuncu on the border of Bolivia and Chile
• Ojos del Salado, the highest volcano in the world. It is on the border between Argentina and Chile.
• Villarrica
• Cerro Arenales
• Calbuco. It recently erupted in April 2015.
• Callaqui
• Mount Hudson
• Copahue
• Lascar Volcano
• Nevados de Chillán
• Lanín on the border between Argentina and Chile
• Acotango on the border between Bolivia and Chile
• Cerro Solo in Patagonia along the border between Chile and Argentina
• Parinacota. Erupted April 2008
• Licancabur
• Sierra Nevada
• Chaitén

Colombia

• Galeras, a Decade Volcano
• Nevado del Ruiz in the Department of Tolima. A 1985 eruption created destructive lahar floods which engulfed the nearby town of Armero.

Ecuador

• Pichincha Volcano
• Tungurahua
• Sangay
• Reventador
• Chimborazo
• Cotopaxi
• Antisana
• Cayambe
• Corazón
• El Altar
• Carihuairazo

Peru

• El Misti near the southern city of Arequipa
• Ubinas southwestern Peru

Antarctica

• Mount Erebus
• Penguin Island
• Mount Bird
• Brown Peak
• Mount Discovery
• Mount Harcourt
• Mount Melbourne
• Mount Morning
• Mount Overlord

Asia

Western Asia

Armenia

• Aragats

Georgia

• Mount Kazbek, Caucasus

Iran

• Bazman
• Sahand
• Sabalan
• Mount Damavand, in Amol County of Māzandarān
• Taftan Volcano in Sistan and Baluchestan Province

Turkey

Satellite picture of Mount Ararat

• Mount Hasan
• Mount Ararat and Little Ararat
• Mount Erciyes

Yemen

• Jabal al-Tair island off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea

South Asia

India

• Barren Island (Andaman Islands), the only active stratovolcano in the Indian subcontinent

Southeast Asia

Indonesia

Volcanic activity at Anak Krakatau

• Mount Kerinci and Mount Sinabung in Sumatra
• Mount Rinjani in Lombok
• Mount Semeru and Mount Bromo in East Java. Together, they form the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park.
• Mount Agung and Mount Batur in Bali
• Galunggung in West Java.
• Krakatoa. A violent eruption in August 1883 resulted in the obliteration of the three-peaked volcanic island.
  • Anak Krakatoa. It emerged from the sea in 1927-1930
• Mount Merapi in Central Java. It is listed as a Decade Volcano.
• Mount Tambora in the island of Sumbawa. Its catastrophic eruption in 1815 caused a Year Without a Summer in 1816.
• Mount Kelud in East Java

Ash plume of Mount Pinatubo during the June 1991 eruption

Malaysia

• Bombalai Hill in Sabah, Borneo

Philippines

Mayon Volcano in May 08, 2010

• Mayon Volcano in Albay, The most active volcano in the Philippines, famous for its perfect symmetrical cone shape.
• Mount Pinatubo in Zambales. The catastrophic June 1991 eruption, which formed a caldera, later filled by a crater lake, had global environmental effects.
• Mount Bulusan in Sorsogon
• Mount Kanlaon and Mount Talinis in Negros
• Mount Arayat in Pampanga
• Mount Iriga and Mount Isarog in Camarines Sur
• Mount Mariveles and Mount Natib in Bataan
• Mount Malindig in Marinduque
• Mount Apo in Davao City, Mindanao. Considered a dormant volcano, it is the highest point of the Philippines.

East Asia

North Korea

• Baekdu Mountain, on the border between North Korea and China

Japan

Peak of Mt. Fuji

• Mount Fuji. Highest point of the country. Last erupted in 1708
• Mount Mihara on Izu Oshima
• Sakurajima, designated as a Decade Volcano
• Mount Unzen. Erupted in 1991. Listed as a Decade Volcano
• Mount Adatara
• Mount Haruna
• Mount Yufu

Taiwan

• Guishan Island

Northern Asia

Russia

Klyuchevskaya Sopka in July 2006

• Bezymianny^[2]
• Klyuchevskaya Sopka or Kliuchevskoi, Kamchatka Krai, the highest active volcano in Eurasia
• Shiveluch, Kamchatka Krai
• Avachinsky, Kamchatka Krai, a Decade Volcano
• Koryaksky,^[3] Kamchatka Krai, also a Decade Volcano
• Karymsky, Kamchatka Krai
• Mount Elbrus in the Caucasus. It is the highest point in the European continent.

Europe

The summit of Snæfellsjökull.

Etna's 2002 eruption, photographed from the ISS.

Aerial view of Mount Vesuvius.

Western Europe

France

• Puy de Sancy
• Mounts of Cantal

Italy

• Mount Etna near Catania in Sicily. Tallest active volcano in Europe. Recently erupted in 2013 and volcanic activity is still ongoing. Listed as a Decade Volcano.
• Mount Vesuvius, located 09 kilometers (05.6 miles) east of Naples in Campania. Famous for its violent eruption in August 24, A.D. 79. Its last eruption happened in March 1944. A Decade Volcano.
• Stromboli. Continuously erupting for more than 2000 years. The second most active volcano in Europe.
• Vulcano, one of the Lipari Islands. Last erupted in 1890.
• Alban Hills, located 20 kilometers (12 miles) east of Rome in Lazio. Last eruption happened in about 5,000 BC.

Scandinavia

Iceland

• Askja
• Bárðarbunga
• Eldfell and Helgafell in the island of Heimaey
• Eyjafjallajökull. Erupted in 2010, which caused a major air traffic and flight cancellations in Europe and neighboring areas.
• Hekla
• Kverkfjöll
• Snæfellsjökull
• Öræfajökull
• Kollóttadyngja in North-East Iceland

Norway

• Beerenberg, Jan Mayen, the world's northernmost active volcano

Oceania

Northern Mariana Islands

• Anatahan in Northern Mariana Islands

New Zealand

• Mount Taranaki/Egmont in Egmont National Park in North Island
• Mount Ngauruhoe in North Island
• Mount Ruapehu in Tongariro National Park
• White Island/Whakaari in Bay of Plenty
• Banks Peninsula in Christchurch, New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

• Tavurvur. Recently erupted in 2014.
• Ulawun, a Decade Volcano

See also

• List of shield volcanoes
• List of cinder cones
• List of lava domes
• List of subglacial volcanoes
• List of currently erupting volcanoes

References

1. Soufrière Guadaloupe, West Indies
2. Bezymianny volcano, Russia
3. Koryaksky Volcano, Russia

External links

• Global Volcanism Program