VolcanoDB
209 volcanoes with type, elevation, eruption history, and geological context. From Etna to Yellowstone.
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Mount Etna
The most active volcano in Europe. It has been erupting for 500,000 years and recorded for...
Kilauea
One of the most active volcanoes on Earth, erupting nearly continuously from 1983 to 2018....
Mount Vesuvius
Destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 AD killing 16,000+. One of the most dangerous volc...
Yellowstone
A supervolcano capable of producing an eruption 1000x larger than Mount St. Helens. Magma ...
Krakatoa
The 1883 eruption was the loudest sound in recorded history heard 4800 km away. Generated ...
Mount Fuji
Highest mountain in Japan and iconic cultural symbol. Last erupted in 1707. Over 300,000 c...
Mount Tambora
Largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. The 1815 eruption killed 71,000+ and caused...
Eyjafjallajokull
The 2010 eruption grounded 100,000 flights and stranded 10 million passengers worldwide, c...
Stratovolcano (126)
Mount Etna
The most active volcano in Europe. It has been erupting for 500,000 years and recorded for...
Mount Vesuvius
Destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 AD killing 16,000+. One of the most dangerous volc...
Mount St. Helens
Deadliest volcanic event in US history. The 1980 eruption killed 57 people, destroyed 250 ...
Eyjafjallajokull
The 2010 eruption grounded 100,000 flights and stranded 10 million passengers worldwide, c...
Mount Fuji
Highest mountain in Japan and iconic cultural symbol. Last erupted in 1707. Over 300,000 c...
Mount Rainier
Most dangerous volcano in the USA due to massive lahars. Over 80,000 people live in lahar ...
Sakurajima
One of the most active volcanoes, sometimes producing multiple explosions per day. Located...
Popocatepetl
Second highest volcano in North America, just 70 km from Mexico City with 25 million peopl...
Mount Merapi
Most active volcano in Indonesia. Name means Mountain of Fire. Over 500,000 live within 10...
Nevado del Ruiz
Site of the deadliest volcanic disaster of the 20th century. The 1985 eruption created a l...
Mount Pinatubo
Second largest eruption of the 20th century. 10x larger than Mount St. Helens. Lowered glo...
Stromboli
The Lighthouse of the Mediterranean - erupting nearly continuously for 2,000+ years. Regul...
Cotopaxi
One of the highest active volcanoes with a near-perfect snow-capped cone. A major eruption...
Ojos del Salado
Highest active volcano in the world at 6893 m. A crater lake at 6390 m is the highest lake...
Mount Teide
Highest mountain in Spain and third tallest volcanic structure in the world. UNESCO World ...
Mount Agung
Highest point on Bali and most sacred mountain. The 1963 eruption killed 1500+. The 2017-2...
Mount Nyiragongo
Contains the largest persistent lava lake in the world. Lava is unusually fluid flowing fa...
Mount Erebus
Southernmost active volcano on Earth. Contains one of the few persistent lava lakes. Emits...
Bardarbunga
The 2014-2015 eruption was the largest in Iceland since 1783. Produced 1.6 km3 of lava cov...
Hekla
Once known as the Gateway to Hell. Can change from dormant to full eruption in 30 minutes ...
Mount Ruapehu
Largest active volcano in New Zealand. Has a crater lake between eruptions. The 1953 Tangi...
White Island
Deadly eruption on December 9 2019 killed 22 mostly tourists. The eruption was entirely un...
Mayon
Famous for near-perfect conical shape. The 1814 eruption killed 1200+. Most active volcano...
Mount Semeru
Highest mountain on Java. Produces regular small explosions every 20-30 minutes. The 2021 ...
Klyuchevskaya Sopka
Highest active volcano in Eurasia. On Kamchatka Peninsula which has 160 volcanoes 29 activ...
Shiveluch
One of the most active in Kamchatka. In near-continuous eruption since 1999. The 2023 erup...
Mutnovsky
Known for its massive glacier-filled crater and intense fumarolic activity. The Mutnovsky ...
Karymsky
One of the most active volcanoes in Kamchatka producing frequent vulcanian explosions. Has...
Avachinsky
A near-perfect cone visible from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Last major eruption in 1945. It...
Mount Cameroon
The highest mountain in West Africa and one of the most active volcanoes in Africa. Erupts...
Ol Doinyo Lengai
The only volcano in the world that produces natrocarbonatite lava which is black and flows...
Mount Michael
One of the most remote volcanoes on Earth. Satellite imagery revealed a persistent lava la...
Mount Yasur
One of the most accessible active volcanoes in the world. Has been erupting nearly continu...
Vulcano
The volcano that gave us the word volcano. Romans believed it was the chimney of Vulcans f...
Calbuco
Erupted spectacularly in 2015 after 43 years of quiet. The eruption produced a massive ash...
Villarrica
One of the most active volcanoes in South America with a persistent lava lake. The 2015 er...
Llaima
One of the largest and most active volcanoes in Chile. Has frequent explosive eruptions. T...
Tupungatito
A highly active volcano near the Chile-Argentina border. Its name means little Tupungato. ...
Maipo
Located near the Chile-Argentina border. Has a distinctive diamond-shaped crater. The last...
Copahue
An active volcano with an acidic crater lake. Its hot springs are used for therapeutic bat...
Lascar
The most active volcano in northern Chile. The 1993 eruption produced a column 22 km high....
Ubinas
The most active volcano in Peru. Frequent eruptions produce ash falls affecting nearby com...
Misti
A symmetrical volcano overlooking the city of Arequipa with 1 million residents. Last majo...
Sabancaya
Has been erupting continuously since 2016. Produces daily explosions with ash plumes. Loca...
Tungurahua
Name means Throat of Fire in Quechua. Erupted continuously from 1999 to 2017. The town of ...
Reventador
Name means the Exploder. The 2002 eruption produced a 17 km ash column. Has been continuou...
Galeras
Located near the city of Pasto with 500,000 residents. The 1993 eruption killed 9 people i...
Nevado del Huila
The highest volcano in Colombia. The 2008 eruption was its first in over 500 years. It pro...
Purace
An active volcano in southern Colombia. Has hot springs and fumaroles. The name means moun...
Arenal
One of the most active volcanoes in Costa Rica. The 1968 eruption destroyed two villages a...
Poas
Contains one of the most acidic crater lakes in the world with pH near 0. The 2017 eruptio...
Turrialba
Eruptions since 2014 have repeatedly closed San Jose airport due to ash. Three craters at ...
Santa Maria
The 1902 eruption was one of the largest of the 20th century killing 6,000+. Santiaguito d...
Fuego
The 2018 eruption killed 202+ people and buried entire villages. It produces regular strom...
Tajumulco
The highest mountain in Central America. Last erupted in 1868 with some uncertainty. Has a...
El Chichon
The 1982 eruption killed 2,000+ people and was the deadliest volcanic disaster in Mexico. ...
Colima
One of the most active volcanoes in Mexico. Frequently produces dome collapses and pyrocla...
Mount Shasta
The second tallest volcano in the Cascade Range. Considered active with potential for larg...
Mount Baker
The second most thermally active volcano in the Cascades after Mount St. Helens. Holds the...
Mount Hood
The tallest mountain in Oregon. Last erupted in the 1860s. Over 10,000 climbers attempt th...
Glacier Peak
One of the most dangerous volcanoes in the USA. Has produced some of the largest eruptions...
Mount Adams
The second largest volcano in the Cascades by volume after Mount Shasta. It is dormant but...
Redoubt
The 1989 eruption nearly caused a catastrophic aviation disaster when a KLM 747 flew throu...
Mount Spurr
Located 130 km west of Anchorage. The 1992 eruption deposited ash on Anchorage. Has three ...
Cleveland
One of the most active volcanoes in the Aleutian Islands. Produces frequent ash plumes. Lo...
Iliamna
A glaciated volcano with persistent fumarolic activity. Located 200 km southwest of Anchor...
Pavlof
One of the most active volcanoes in the Aleutian Arc. Erupts frequently with little warnin...
Gareloi
A remote volcano in the western Aleutian Islands. Has fumarolic activity. Its last confirm...
Kanaga
A symmetrical cone in the Aleutian Islands. Erupted in 2012 producing small ash plumes. Lo...
Cumbre Vieja
The 2021 eruption lasted 85 days, destroying 3,000+ buildings and forcing evacuation of 7,...
Teide detail
The summit of Teide is one of the best astronomical observation sites on Earth. The calder...
Etna detailed
Etna has 4 summit craters each with distinct behavior. It produces both explosive and effu...
Cotopaxi full
The 1877 eruption produced lahars that traveled over 300 km to the Pacific Ocean. The summ...
Pico de Orizaba
The highest mountain in Mexico and the third highest in North America. Also known as Citla...
Tacana
A volcano on the Mexico-Guatemala border. The last confirmed eruption was in 1986. Sacred ...
San Miguel
One of the most active volcanoes in El Salvador. Frequent eruptions produce ash falls affe...
Santa Ana
The highest volcano in El Salvador. The 2005 eruption killed 2 people and produced a lahar...
Izalco
Known as the Lighthouse of the Pacific because of its frequent eruptions visible to sailor...
Concepcion
A symmetrical cone on Ometepe Island in Lake Nicaragua. One of two volcanoes forming the i...
Maderas
The quieter of two volcanoes on Ometepe Island. Has a crater lake in its summit. Covered i...
Momotombo
Dramatically erupted in 2015 after 110 years of quiet. Located on the shore of Lake Managu...
Acatenango
Famous for its views of the nearby erupting Fuego volcano. Tourists camp on its slopes to ...
Alaska (Mount Douglas)
A glaciated volcano at the tip of the Alaska Peninsula. Has active fumaroles at the summit...
Mount Dutton
A small volcano on the Alaska Peninsula. Has produced lahars and debris avalanches. The 19...
Korovin
The highest point on Atka Island. Erupted in 2007 producing a small ash plume. One of seve...
Seguam
A remote volcano in the Aleutian Islands. The 1993 eruption produced lava flows. Has multi...
Amukta
A small volcanic island in the central Aleutians. Erupted in 1997 producing an ash plume. ...
Kiska
Occupied by Japanese forces during WWII. The 1990 eruption was the last confirmed activity...
Great Sitkin
Has been erupting continuously since 2021. Produces a growing lava dome. Located on Great ...
Semisopochnoi
Located on the westernmost point of the 50 US states. Has been erupting intermittently sin...
Mount Churchill
Source of the White River Ash, one of the largest volcanic deposits in North America. The ...
Mount Garibaldi
A dramatic volcano near Whistler, British Columbia. Has not erupted in over 10,000 years b...
Mount St. Helens detail
The 1980 lateral blast was the first recorded in history. It created a horseshoe-shaped cr...
Iliamna detail
Persistent fumarolic activity produces steam plumes visible from Kenai Peninsula. Steaming...
Mt. Melbourne
An active volcano in Victoria Land with fumaroles and heated ground. Located near the coas...
Barren Island
The only active volcano in the Indian subcontinent. Located in the Andaman Sea. Has been e...
Mount Kusatsu-Shirane
Known for its acidic crater lake (Yugama) that changes color. The 2018 eruption killed one...
Mount Asama
One of the most active volcanoes in Japan. The 1783 eruption killed over 1,000 people and ...
Mount Ontake
The 2014 eruption killed 63 hikers, the deadliest volcanic disaster in Japan since 1926. T...
Mount Zao
Famous for juhyo (ice monsters) - trees coated in ice from freezing mist. Has a crater lak...
Mount Bandai
The 1888 eruption was a massive phreatic explosion that destroyed the north side of the mo...
Mount Shiribetsu
The highest mountain on the Shakotan Peninsula in Hokkaido. A popular hiking destination. ...
Suwanosejima
One of the most active volcanoes in Japan with near-continuous strombolian activity. Only ...
Miyakejima
The 2000 eruption forced evacuation of all 3,800 residents for 4.5 years. High sulfur diox...
Mount Apo
The highest mountain in the Philippines. Has a crater lake and solfataric activity. Consid...
Mount Kanlaon
The most active volcano in the central Philippines. The 1996 eruption killed 3 hikers. Has...
Mount Hibok-Hibok
The 1951 eruption killed 500+ people on Camiguin Island. It produces deadly pyroclastic fl...
Mount Ruang
The 2024 eruption produced spectacular volcanic lightning and forced evacuation of 12,000 ...
Mount Lewotobi
A twin-peaked volcano in Flores. The 2024 eruption killed 10 people and destroyed homes. C...
Mount Ibu
Has been in continuous eruption since 1998. Produces regular small explosions and a growin...
Mount Gamalama
The highest mountain on Ternate island. Has erupted frequently since the 16th century. Aff...
Mount Rinjani
The second highest volcano in Indonesia. Contains Segara Anak crater lake. The 1257 erupti...
Mount Kelud
The 1586 eruption killed 10,000 people. The 1919 eruption killed 5,000 by lahar. After 191...
Mount Sinabung
Erupted in 2010 after 400 years of dormancy. Has been active since. The 2014 eruption kill...
Mount Raung
Has one of the largest craters in Indonesia at 2 km wide. The 2015 eruption closed multipl...
Mount Bromo
One of the most visited tourist attractions in Indonesia. Inside the massive Tengger Calde...
Awu
One of the most dangerous volcanoes in Indonesia. The 1812 eruption killed 9,600 people. T...
Karangetang
One of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia with frequent eruptions. Located on Siau Isl...
Batu Tara
A small isolated volcanic island in the Flores Sea. Has been in near-continuous eruption s...
Paluweh
The 2013 eruption produced a pyroclastic flow that killed 10 people. Also known as Rokaten...
Kaba
Has multiple crater lakes. Located in southern Sumatra. Solftaric activity continues. No h...
Makian
The 1646 eruption killed thousands on this small island in the Moluccas. Has a crater lake...
Bulusan
Frequently produces phreatic explosions in the Bicol region. The 2011 eruption forced evac...
Fonualei
A small volcanic island north of Tongatapu. Last erupted in the 19th century. Produces occ...
White Island detail
Whakaari continuously emitted SO2 at 1,000+ tonnes per day before the 2019 eruption. The e...
Ngauruhoe
Often considered a separate peak but technically a cone of Tongariro. Last erupted in 1975...
Caldera (28)
Yellowstone
A supervolcano capable of producing an eruption 1000x larger than Mount St. Helens. Magma ...
Mount Tambora
Largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. The 1815 eruption killed 71,000+ and caused...
Krakatoa
The 1883 eruption was the loudest sound in recorded history heard 4800 km away. Generated ...
Thera
The catastrophic Bronze Age eruption around 1600 BC may have destroyed the Minoan civiliza...
Mount Aso
One of the largest calderas in the world at 25 x 18 km. Over 50,000 people live inside the...
Grimsvotn
Most active volcano in Iceland. Sits beneath Vatnajokull glacier. The 2011 eruption produc...
Katla
Overdue for a major eruption - typically erupts every 50-80 years but quiet since 1918. Si...
Taal
One of the most active in the Philippines. Located on an island within a lake on an island...
Tofua
The site of the famous mutiny on the Bounty in 1789. Captain Bligh navigated 6,700 km in a...
Campi Flegrei
A supervolcano west of Naples with 1.5 million people living inside its caldera. The groun...
Cerro Hudson
The site of one of the largest eruptions of the 20th century in 1991, second only to Pinat...
Chaiten
Stunned volcanologists in 2008 when it erupted after approximately 9,400 years of dormancy...
Masaya
One of the few volcanoes where you can drive to the crater rim and look into an active ven...
Mount Mazama (Crater Lake)
Collapsed to form Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the USA at 594 m. The eruption 7,700 ye...
Okmok
The 2008 eruption produced an ash plume 15 km high. Has a 9 km wide caldera. One of the mo...
Emmons (Mount)
Features a 11 x 18 km caldera. Has persistent fumarolic activity. One of the largest calde...
Mount Veniaminof
One of the largest and most active volcanoes in the Aleutian Arc. Has a 10 km wide caldera...
Mount Mazama detail
The 7,700 year ago eruption was 40x larger than Mount St. Helens 1980. It ejected 50 km3 o...
Katmai
The 1912 Novarupta eruption was the largest of the 20th century, 3x larger than Pinatubo. ...
Nisyros
A small volcanic island with an impressive caldera. Has active fumaroles reaching 100 C at...
Milos
A volcanic island famous for the Venus de Milo statue found there. Has active hot springs ...
Deception Island
A flooded caldera forming one of the safest harbors in Antarctica. The 1967-1970 eruptions...
Iwo Jima
Famous for the WWII battle. The island is actually a volcanic caldera that is rising 30 cm...
Satsuma Iwojima
Has extremely acidic hot springs with pH near 1. The surrounding waters are so acidic they...
Taal detail
Taal is on an island within a lake on an island within a lake on an island (Luzon). The 17...
Krakatoa detail
Anak Krakatoa (Child of Krakatoa) emerged in 1927 and has been growing. The 2018 eruption ...
Tondano Caldera
A large caldera in North Sulawesi containing Lake Tondano. Has active geothermal features....
Niuafoou
A volcanic island with a crater lake. Known as Tin Can Island because mail was delivered b...
Shield volcano (23)
Kilauea
One of the most active volcanoes on Earth, erupting nearly continuously from 1983 to 2018....
Mauna Loa
Largest volcano on Earth by volume covering 5271 km2. If measured from ocean floor it is 9...
Fernandina
Most active volcano in the Galapagos. One of the most pristine islands with no introduced ...
Piton de la Fournaise
One of the most active volcanoes erupting several times per year. Name means Peak of the F...
Tolbachik
Site of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption of 1975-1976. The 2012-2013 eruption produced...
Nyamuragira
One of the most active volcanoes in Africa. Often produces lava flows but rarely threatens...
Erta Ale
One of the few volcanoes with a persistent lava lake. Located in the Danakil Depression on...
Ambrym
Contains one of the few persistent lava lakes in the world inside Marum and Benbow craters...
Aoba
Also called Ambae. Contains Lake Voui which turned red in 2005 due to volcanic activity. I...
Santorini (Nea Kameni)
The modern volcanic island in the center of the Santorini caldera. Created by eruptions si...
Sierra Negra
The largest volcano in the Galapagos by caldera size at 9 x 10 km. The 2018 eruption laste...
Wolf volcano
The highest volcano in the Galapagos. The 2015 eruption was the first in 33 years. Located...
Newberry Volcano
One of the largest volcanoes in the USA covering 3,100 km2. Has a caldera with two lakes. ...
Mount Bachelor
A popular ski resort with no known historical eruptions. Its volcanic cone is relatively y...
Medicine Lake Volcano
The largest volcano by volume in the Cascades. Has a 7 x 12 km caldera. Lava Beds National...
Mount Wrangell
One of the largest shield volcanoes in the world. Has active fumaroles and a heated summit...
Mount Edziza
A large volcanic complex in northwestern British Columbia. Has produced numerous eruptions...
Ascension Island
A volcanic island in the South Atlantic. Last erupted approximately 600 years ago. The isl...
Tristan da Cunha
The most remote inhabited island in the world. The 1961 eruption forced evacuation of all ...
Bouvet Island
The most remote island in the world, 2,200 km from Antarctica. Almost entirely covered by ...
Mt. Berlin
One of Antarcticas few active volcanoes with fumarolic activity. Located in Marie Byrd Lan...
Mount Siple
One of the tallest volcanoes in Antarctica. Has a perfect conical shape. Unclimbed as of 2...
Nishinoshima
A volcanic island that has been growing dramatically since 2013. New land has expanded the...
Complex volcano (10)
Unzen
The 1792 eruption caused a landslide and tsunami killing 15,000. In 1991 a pyroclastic flo...
Pacaya
One of the most active volcanoes in Guatemala. Popular hiking destination from Antigua. To...
Mount Meager
The site of the largest landslide in Canadian history in 2010. Last erupted around 410 BC....
Heard Island
The highest mountain in Australian territory. Mawson Peak is an active volcano with fumaro...
Mount Unzen detail
The 1792 collapse of Mayuyama dome created a tsunami that killed 15,000, Japans worst volc...
Aogashima
A volcanic island with a population of about 170 living inside a double caldera. One of th...
Mount Dukono
Has been erupting continuously since 1933 - one of the longest ongoing eruptions in the wo...
Mount Sangeang Api
The 2014 eruption disrupted flights across Indonesia and Australia. Located on a small isl...
Mount Dieng
A volcanic plateau with multiple craters and geothermal features. Periodic CO2 emissions h...
Mount Tongariro
Erupted in 2012 for the first time since 1897. The eruption created a new vent. Part of To...
Submarine volcano (6)
Hunga Tonga
The 2022 eruption was the largest since Krakatoa. It produced a tsunami that reached the A...
Kavachi
A submarine volcano that occasionally breaks the surface creating temporary islands. Known...
Kick em Jenny
The only active submarine volcano in the Caribbean. Discovered in 1939 when an eruption wa...
Rumble III
A large submarine volcano on the Kermadec Ridge. One of the largest submarine volcanoes in...
Monowai
One of the most active submarine volcanoes in the Pacific. Detected by seafloor hydrophone...
Brothers Volcano
A submarine caldera with active hydrothermal vents. Located on the Kermadec Ridge. The ven...
Lava dome (4)
Lassen Peak
The southernmost active volcano in the Cascades. The 1915 eruption was the first in the Ca...
Augustine
A symmetrical island volcano in Cook Inlet. The 1883 eruption generated a tsunami. The 200...
Hoodoo Mountain
A flat-topped volcano in northwestern British Columbia. One of several volcanic centers in...
Methana
A volcanic peninsula near Athens with over 30 volcanic vents. Last eruption was approximat...
Fissure vent (3)
Cinder cone (3)
Cerro Negro
One of the youngest volcanoes in the world - born in 1850. It is a black cinder cone with ...
Paricutin
The only volcano in history whose entire lifecycle was witnessed by humans. It erupted fro...
Nazko Cone
A small cinder cone in central British Columbia. Last erupted approximately 7,200 years ag...