List of stratovolcanoes
A list of stratovolcanoes follows below. The Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program database of geologically recent volcanoes lists over 700 stratovolcanoes.
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Africa
Mount Kenya, 1972.
Lava lake at Mount Nyiragongo.
Cameroon
Democratic Republic of Congo
- Mount Nyiragongo, Goma. A Decade Volcano. It contains an active lava lake inside its crater.
Eritrea
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
- Mount Meru
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
- Mount Pico in Pico Island, Azores
- Teide, Tenerife, Canary Islands
- Cumbre Vieja, Tenerife, 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
- Chaparrastique Recently erupted: August, 2015.
- Ilamatepec
- Chichontepec
- Guazapa
- Chinameca
- Taburete
- Izalco
Close up aerial view of the nested summit calderas and craters of Santa Ana Volcano, along with the crater lake
Panamá
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.
- 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
Mexico
- Popocatépetl
- Colima volcano, designated as a Decade Volcano
- Nevado de Toluca
- The Pico de Orizaba
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 Tolima. A 1985 eruption created a destructive lahar which engulfed the town of Armero.
Ecuador
- Pichincha Volcano
- Tungurahua
- Sangay
- Reventador
- Chimborazo
- Cotopaxi
- Antisana
- Cayambe
- Corazón
- El Altar
- Carihuairazo
Peru
Antarctica
- Mount Erebus
- Penguin Island
- Mount Bird
- Brown Peak
- Mount Discovery
- Mount Harcourt
- Mount Melbourne
- Mount Morning
- Mount Overlord
Asia
Volcanic activity at Anak Krakatau
Peak of Mt. Fuji
Ash plume of Mount Pinatubo during 1991 eruption
Mount Arayat as seen from the northwest, on a detour from the North Luzon Expressway
Satellite picture of Mount Ararat
Klyuchevskaya Sopka in July 2006
Armenia
Georgia
India
- Barren Island (Andaman Islands), the only active stratovolcano in the Indian subcontinent
Indonesia
- Mount Kerinci in Sumatra
- Mount Rinjani in Lombok
- Mount Semeru in Java
- Mount Agung in Bali
- Mount Batur in Bali
- Galunggung
- 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 Its violent eruption in 1815 caused a Year Without a Summer in 1816.
- Mount Bromo, East Java
- Mount Sinabung, Sumatra
- Mount Kelud, East Java
Iran
Japan
- 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
North Korea
- Baekdu Mountain, on the border between North Korea and China
Malaysia
Philippines
- Mayon Volcano in Albay The most active volcano in the Philippines and famous for its perfect symmetrical cone shape. .
- Mount Pinatubo. A catastrophic 1991 eruption, which formed a caldera, later filled by a crater lake, had global environment effects
- Mount Bulusan in Sorsogon
- Mount Kanlaon in Negros
- Mount Arayat
- Mount Isarog in Camarines Sur
- Mount Iriga
- Mount Talinis
- Mount Mariveles and Mount Natib in Bataan
- Mount Malindig in Marinduque
- Mount Apo. Considered a dormant volcano and is the highest point of the Philippines.
- Agrihan in Mariana Islands
Russia
- 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.
Taiwan
Turkey
Yemen
- Jabal al-Tair island off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea
Europe
The summit of Snæfellsjökull.
Etna's 2002 eruption, photographed from the ISS.
France
Iceland
- Askja
- Bárðarbunga
- 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
Italy
- Mount Etna near Catania in Sicily. Tallest active volcano in Europe. Recently erupted in 2013. A Decade Volcano.
- Mount Vesuvius near Naples in Campania. Famous for its violent eruption in August A.D. 79. Its last eruption happened in 1944. A Decade Volcano.
- Stromboli. Continuously erupting for more than 2000 years. The second most active volcano in Europe
- Vulcano. Last erupted in 1890
Norway
- Beerenberg, Jan Mayen, the world's northernmost active volcano
Oceania
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
- Stratovolcano
- List of currently erupting volcanoes
References
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