Volcanoes
20 entries in the Volcanoes compendium.
AvachinskyActive stratovolcano near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, designated a Decade Volcano.Cascade VolcanoesA continental volcanic arc formed by Cascadia subduction.Mount NyiragongoActive stratovolcano with a persistent, dangerous lava lake.Mount PaektuActive stratovolcano and cultural symbol on the China–North Korea border.Mount PapandayanActive stratovolcano with a deadly 1772 debris avalanche.Mount PinatuboActive stratovolcano whose 1991 eruption cooled global climate.Mount RainierActive stratovolcano and highest peak in Washington state.Mount RuapehuNew Zealand's largest active volcano with a history of destructive lahars.Mount ShastaPotentially active stratovolcano, second-highest peak in the Cascade Range.Mount St. HelensActive stratovolcano in Washington, site of 1980 catastrophic eruption.Mount TamboraSite of the largest recorded volcanic eruption in history.Mount UnzenActive stratovolcano with Japan's deadliest volcanic disaster.Mount VesuviusActive volcano that destroyed Pompeii in 79 AD.ParícutinFirst volcano fully documented by modern science from birth to dormancy.PopocatépetlActive stratovolcano and second highest peak in Mexico.SakurajimaActive stratovolcano and former island in Kagoshima, Japan.CotopaxiActive stratovolcano in Ecuador, second highest summit in the country.GalerasActive stratovolcano near Pasto, Colombia; most active in the country.HeklaActive Icelandic stratovolcano, once called the Gateway to Hell.Irazú VolcanoHighest active volcano in Costa Rica, with four main craters.
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