Volcano Table Below is an alphabetical list of all volcanoes with additional content on VW. Click a volcano name to visit its page. For an exhaustive list of volcanoes that have erupted in the past …

Volcano World is a higher education, k-12, and public outreach project of the Oregon Space Grant Consortium administered through the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon …

How do volcanoes get named? They get named in all kinds of ways. Some are named for famous people (usually westerners who claim to have "discovered" the volcanoes). Other volcanoes are …

Strato Volcanoes comprise the largest percentage (~60%) of the Earth's individual volcanoes and most are characterized by eruptions of andesite and dacite - lavas that are cooler and more viscous than …

There are five active volcanoes in Hawaii: Loihi Kilauea Mauna Loa Hualalai Haleakala

The list below contains eruptions with more than 500 known human fatalities.

The word volcano is derived from the name of the ancient Roman island of Vulcano which lies off the southwest coast of Italy. The Romans believed that Vulcan, the god of fire and the maker of …

Mauna Loa is in the shield-building stage and is one of the most active volcanoes on Earth, erupting 15 times since 1900. The last eruption was in 1984 and sent lavas within 4 miles (6.5 km) of Hilo.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Submarine Volcanoes, Ridges, and Vents can be found at the USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO) Submarine Volcano Directory page.

Over 1600 major volcanoes or volcanic features are known (see map), and there are many, many more smaller volcanoes. (No one has yet counted them all, but the total number may be over 100,000 or …