List of stratovolcanoes

A list of stratovolcanoes follows below.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

Africa[edit]

Cameroon[edit]

• Mount Cameroon

Democratic Republic of Congo[edit]

• Mount Nyiragongo, Goma; designated as a Decade Volcano
  • It contains an active lava lake inside its crater which overflowed due to cracks in 2002.
• Mount Mikeno
• Mount Karisimbi
• Mount Bisoke
• Mount Sabyinyo
• Mount Kahuzi

Eritrea[edit]

• Alid Volcano
• Dubbi Volcano
• Nabro Volcano

Ethiopia[edit]

• Adwa
• Borawli, Afar Region
• Dabbahu Volcano
• Mount Fentale

Kenya[edit]

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

Rwanda[edit]

• Mount Bisoke, on the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• Mount Gahinga, on the border between Rwanda and Uganda.
• Mount Karisimbi, on the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• Mount Muhabura, on the border between Rwanda and Uganda.
• Mount Sabyinyo, marks the border between Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Tanzania[edit]

• Ol Doinyo Lengai, the Earth's only active carbonatite lava-producing volcano.
• Mount Kilimanjaro, a dormant stratovolcano. It is the highest point of Africa.
• Mount Meru
• Mount Hanang
• Mount Kwaraha
• Mount Rungwe

Mid-Atlantic Ridge[edit]

• Mount Pico in Pico Island, Azores, Portugal
• Teide in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain; designated as a Decade Volcano
• Cumbre Vieja in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
• Mount Fogo in Fogo, Cape Verde
• Green Mountain, Ascension Island
• Pico de las Nieves in Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

Americas[edit]

Caribbean[edit]

• La Grande Soufrière on Basse-Terre Island, Guadeloupe^[1]
• Soufriere Hills on the island Montserrat
  • Its 1995 eruptions resulted in the abandonment of its capital city, Plymouth.
• Soufrière on the island Saint Vincent
• Mount Pelée on the island Martinique
  • Its devastating eruption on 8 May 1902 resulted in the complete destruction of its capital city, Saint-Pierre, with the deaths of more than 30,000 inhabitants within it.
• Mount Liamuiga on the island of Saint Kitts in St. Kitts and Nevis.
• Nevis Peak on the island of Nevis in St. Kitts and Nevis.
• Mount Scenery on the island Saba in the Caribbean Netherlands
• The Quill on the island Sint Eustatius in the Caribbean Netherlands

Central America[edit]

Costa Rica[edit]

• Orosi
• Rincón de la vieja
• Miravalles
• Tenorio
• Arenal
• Chato
• Platanar
• Congo
• Poás
• Barva
• Cacho Negro
• Irazu
• Turrialba

El Salvador[edit]

• San Miguel
• Chinameca
• Santa Ana
• Chichontepec
• Guazapa
• Taburete
• Izalco

Honduras[edit]

• Isla Zacate Grande
• Tiger Island

Guatemala[edit]

• Volcán Tacaná on the border between Mexico and Guatemala
• Volcán Tajumulco
  • It is the highest point and highest volcano in Central America
• Volcán Cerro Quemado (Almolonga)
• Volcán Santa María; designated a Decade Volcano.
  • It has a smaller peak called Santiaguito.
• Volcán Siete Orejas
• Volcán San Pedro
• Volcán Atitlán
• Volcán Tolimán
• Acatenango
• Volcán de Fuego.
  • It erupted in June 2018.
• Volcán de Agua
• Pacaya
• Tecuamburro
• Tahual
• Volcán Jumay
• Volcán Ipala
• Suchitán
• Volcán Moyuta
• Volcán Chingo on the border between Guatemala and El Salvador

Nicaragua[edit]

• Concepción
• Cosigüina
• Mombacho
• Momotombo
• Rota
• San Cristóbal Volcano
• Telica

Panama[edit]

• Volcán Barú
• El Valle
• La Yeguada

North America[edit]

Canada[edit]

Northwest Territories/Nunavut[edit]

• Back River volcanic complex

Yukon[edit]

• Montana Mountain
• Mount Nansen (Yukon)

Northern British Columbia[edit]

• Hoodoo Mountain
• Mount Edziza
• Mount Edziza volcanic complex
• Ice Peak
• Spectrum Range
• Level Mountain
• Level Mountain Range

Southern British Columbia[edit]

• Mount Boucherie
• Mount Cayley (see also Mount Cayley volcanic field)
• Mount Fee
  • It is most likely a dissected stratovolcano.
• Mount Garibaldi
• Mount Meager massif
  • About 2,400 years ago, it produced the most recent major catastrophic eruption in Canada.
• Capricorn Mountain
• Mount Job
• Plinth Peak
• Pylon Peak (British Columbia)
• Tuber Hill
• Mount Price
• Clinker Peak
• The Black Tusk
• Coquihalla Mountain

Mexico[edit]

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

United States[edit]

Alaska[edit]

• Mount Akutan
• Augustine Volcano
• Mount Bona
• Mount Churchill
• Mount Cleveland
• Mount Edgecumbe
• Frosty Peak Volcano
• Mount Katmai
• Korovin Volcano
• Mount Mageik
• Mount Pavlof
• Mount Redoubt
• Mount Shishaldin
• Mount Vsevidof

Washington (state)[edit]

• Mount Baker
• Glacier Peak
• Mount Rainier; designated as a Decade Volcano
• Mount St. Helens
  • On May 18, 1980, it produced a large eruption preceded by a massive landslide which decimated the volcano's height.
• Mount Adams
• Goat Rocks
• Black Buttes
• Colfax Peak
• Lincoln Peak
• Seward Peak
• Signal Peak
• Mount Daniel
• Mount Hinman
• Cathedral Rock (Washington)

Oregon[edit]

• Mount Hood
  • Mount Hood is Oregon's most active volcano.
• Park Ridge
  • This feature is debatably a stratovolcano, along with Park Butte.
• Park Butte
• Mount Jefferson
• Black Butte
• Mount Washington
  • It is debatably a stratovolcano. It is most confirmed to be a shield volcano.
• The Three Sisters
• Middle Sister
• South Sister
• The Husband
• The Wife
• Broken Top
• Mount Bachelor
• Newberry Volcano
  • Also has the characteristics of a shield volcano.
• Diamond Peak (Oregon)
  • Usually referred to as a shield volcano. However, it has a stratocone.
• Cappy Mountain
• Mount Mazama
  • Over 7,000 years ago, Mount Mazama erupted, causing its original edifice to be turned into a caldera instead.
• Mount Scott (Klamath County, Oregon)
• Hillman Peak
  • Hillman Peak's west half collapsed in the Mount Mazama eruption over 7,000 years ago.
• Sentinel Rock
• Danger Bay
• Dutton Cliff
• Phantom Cone
  • This stratovolcanic cone most likely is referencing to the small island of Phantom Ship.
• Mount McLoughlin
• Grizzly Peak (Oregon)
• Drake Peak
  • It is a stratovolcano or an andesitic volcanic complex.
• Strawberry Mountain
  • This feature is one of the three only stratovolcanoes within Eastern Oregon. It is also the most notable.
• Dooley Mountain
• Powder River Volcanics
• Rattlesnake Creek
  • This stratovolcano was a proto-Cascade Range volcano east of Burns, Oregon.^[2] All that remains of it is a creek and a formation of palisades.

California[edit]

• Mount Shasta
• Shastina
• Burney Mountain
• Magee Peak
• Geology of the Lassen volcanic area
• Snow Mountain
• Latour Butte
• Mount Yana
• Mount Maidu (Mineral, California)
• Mount Tehama
• Round Top
  • It is unconfirmed to be a stratovolcano, however it has the possibility to be one, due to the abundance of andesite in its vicinity.

Nevada[edit]

• Cleopatra Peak
• Hamblin Peak

Utah[edit]

• Mount Belknap
• Monroe Peak

Colorado[edit]

• Summer Coon Volcano

Wyoming[edit]

• Mount Washburn
• Eagle Peak (Wyoming)
• Sunlight Peak (Wyoming)

Arizona[edit]

• San Francisco Mountain
• Humphreys Peak
• Agassiz Peak
• Fremont Peak
• Aubineau Peak
• Rees Peak
• Doyle Peak

New Mexico[edit]

• Mount Taylor
• Vulcan (volcano)
• JA volcano
• Sierra Grande
  • It is most confirmed to be a shield volcano, however.
• Sierra Blanca (New Mexico)

Virginia[edit]

• Battle Mountain (Virginia)

New Hampshire[edit]

• Ossipee Mountains

South America[edit]

Chile[edit]

• Llaima
• Irruputuncu on the border of Bolivia and Chile
• Ojos del Salado on the border between Argentina and Chile
  • It is the highest volcano in the world.
• Villarrica
• Osorno
• Cerro Arenales
• Calbuco
  • It 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 on the border between Chile and Argentina
• Parinacota
  • It erupted in April 2008
• Licancabur
• Sierra Nevada
• Chaitén
• Acamarachi
• Marmolejo
  • It is the southernmost mountain with more than 6000 msmm
• San José
• Plantat

Colombia[edit]

• Galeras; designated a Decade Volcano.
• Nevado del Ruiz
  • A 1985 eruption created destructive lahar floods which engulfed the nearby town of Armero.

Ecuador[edit]

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

Peru[edit]

• Coropuna
• Huaynaputina
• El Misti
• Sabancaya
• Ubinas
• Tutupaca
• Yucamane

Antarctica[edit]

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

Asia[edit]

Western Asia[edit]

Iran[edit]

• Bazman
• Sahand
• Sabalan
• Mount Damavand
• Taftan Volcano

Turkey[edit]

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

Yemen[edit]

• Jabal al-Tair, an island within the Red Sea

South Asia[edit]

India[edit]

• Barren Island
  • It is the only active stratovolcano in the Indian subcontinent

Southeast Asia[edit]

Indonesia[edit]

• Mount Kerinci and Mount Sinabung in Sumatra
• Mount Rinjani in Lombok
• Mount Ruang in North Sulawesi, located in the Sitaro Islands Regency
• 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

Malaysia[edit]

• Bombalai Hill in Sabah, Borneo

Myanmar[edit]

• Mount Popa in Kyaukpadaung Township, Nyaung-U District

Philippines[edit]

• 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
• Mount Makiling in Laguna
• Mount Banahaw in Quezon is one of the active volcanoes in the Philippines. Its 1730 eruption caused a debris avalanche and crater lake collapse which flooded Sariaya, Quezon.

East Asia[edit]

North Korea[edit]

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

Japan[edit]

Taiwan[edit]

• Guishan Island

Northern Asia[edit]

Russia[edit]

• Bezymianny^[4]
• Klyuchevskaya Sopka or Kliuchevskoi, Kamchatka Krai, the highest active volcano in Eurasia
• Shiveluch, Kamchatka Krai
• Avachinsky, Kamchatka Krai, a Decade Volcano
• Koryaksky,^[5] Kamchatka Krai, also a Decade Volcano
• Karymsky, Kamchatka Krai
• Alaid, Atlasov Island, Kuril Islands, Sakhalin oblast
• Mount Elbrus in the Caucasus. It is the highest point in the European continent.

Europe[edit]

Central Europe[edit]

Slovakia[edit]

• Bogota, in Košice and Prešov.^[6]
• Makovica, in Košice and Prešov.^[7]
• Štiavnica, in Banská Bystrica.^[8]
• Poľana, in Banská Bystrica region^[9]
• Strechový Vrch, in Košice and Prešov.^[7]
• Veľký Milič, in Košice and Prešov.^[6]
• Zlatá Baňa, in Prešov.^[6]

Germany[edit]

• Kaiserstuhl, in Baden-Württemberg.^[10]

Western Europe[edit]

France[edit]

• Monts du Cantal, in Cantal. Largest volcano in Europe by area,^[11] and includes the peaks Plomb du Cantal and Puy Mary. Most recent eruption occurred 2-3 MYA.
• Puy de Sancy, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Both the tallest mountain in the Massif Central and volcano in France.^[12] Most recent eruption occurred 200 thousand years ago.
• Monts Dore
• Mont Ross
• Gallieni Massif

Netherlands[edit]

• Zuidwal
• Mulciber
  • Due to being related to the Zuidwal volcano, it is most likely a stratovolcano.
• The Quill
• Mount Scenery

United Kingdom[edit]

• The Cheviot, in Northumberland, England.^[13]
• Esha Ness, in Shetland, Scotland.^[14]

Southern Europe[edit]

Greece[edit]

• Milos, in the Aegean Sea.^[15]
• Nisyros

Italy[edit]

• Alban Hills, located 20 kilometers (12 miles) east of Rome in Lazio. Last eruption happened in about 5,000 BC.
• Monte Vulture. Complex stratovolcano.^[16]
• 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 9 kilometers (5.6 miles) east of Naples in Campania. Famous for its violent eruption in August 24, A.D. 79. Its last eruption happened in March 1944. Designated a Decade Volcano.
• Stromboli and Vulcano, two of the Lipari Islands. The former has been continuously erupting for more than two millennia, making it the second most active volcano in Europe.^{[citation needed]}. The latter last erupted in 1890.

Caucasus[edit]

• Mount Elbrus
• Mount Kazbek

Armenia[edit]

• Aragats

Georgia[edit]

• Didi Abuli
• Mount Kazbek
• Mount Samsari
• Mount Tavkvetili
• Tsiteli Khati

Czech Republic[edit]

• Doupov Mountains

Slovenia[edit]

• Smrekovec

Iceland[edit]

• Askja
• Bárðarbunga. Recently erupted between 2014 and 2015
• Eldfell and Helgafell in the island of Heimaey
• Eyjafjallajökull. Erupted in 2010, which caused a major air traffic halts and flight cancellations in Europe and neighboring areas.
• Hekla
• Kverkfjöll
• Snæfellsjökull
• Öræfajökull

Norway[edit]

• Beerenberg in Jan Mayen, the world's northernmost active volcano. Last erupted in 1985.

Oceania[edit]

French Polynesia[edit]

• Mehetia in Windward Islands of the Society Islands

Northern Mariana Islands[edit]

• Anatahan in Northern Mariana Islands

Australia[edit]

• Hillwood in Tasmania
• Mount Porndon in Victoria

New Zealand[edit]

• Waitākere volcano in Auckland
• Mount Taranaki in Egmont National Park in North Island
• Mount Ngauruhoe in North Island
• Mount Ruapehu in Tongariro National Park
• Whakaari/White Island in Bay of Plenty
• Banks Peninsula in Christchurch, South Island

Papua New Guinea[edit]

• Mount Giluwe
  • This large shield volcano also shows evidence of stratovolcanic material.
• Mount Hagen
• Mount Bosavi
• Mount Sisa
• Doma Peaks
• Mount Kerewa
• Mount Ialibu
• Mount Murray
• Mount Duau
• Mount Faveng
• Mount Karimui
• Mount Suaru
• Yelia

• Mount Lamington
  • An active stratovolcano famous for the 1951 eruption which killed 3,000 people.^[17]
• Hydrographers Range
• Victory
• Mount Trafalgar
• Vokeo Island
• Koil Island
• Blup Blup
• Bam Island
• Kadovar
  • This small island stratovolcano erupted for the first recorded time in 2018
• Boisa Island
• Manam Island
• Karkar Island
• Mount Uluman
• Mount Kunugui
• Bagabag
• Crown Island
• Long Island
• Mount Reaumur
• Cerisy Peak
• Tolokiwa Island
• Umboi Island
• Mount Bel
• Sakar Island
• Ritter Island
  • This small, crescent-shaped island stratovolcano caused major damage during its 1888 eruption.
• Mount Talawe
• Langila
• Mount Tangi
• Mount Schrader
• Mount Andewa
• Garbuna Group
• Mount Garbuna
• Krummel
• Welcker
• Mount Bangum
• Bola
• Dakataua
• Mount Makalia
• Mount Mululus
• Mount Oto
• Mount Witori (Witori Caldera)
• Pago
  • If this small, youthful, and very active cinder cone becomes active again for many decades up to a few centuries, it may build up as the new Witori stratocone.
• Lolo
  • A symmetrical stratovolcano overlapping the more ancient Mount Kapberg stratovolcano.
• Mount Kapberg
• Sulu Range
• Hargy
• Bamus
• Ulawun
  • Ulawun is one of the several Decade Volcanoes.
• Likuruanga
• Tavurvur
  • It recently erupted in 2014.
• Tore
• Mount Balbi
• Bagana
• Takuan Group
• Mount Takuan
• Two unnamed stratovolcanoes

Solomon Islands[edit]

• Kolombangara
• Nonda (volcano)
• Tinakula
• Mount Veve

See also[edit]

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

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Global Volcanism Program