List of Volcanoes

[/caption] There are thousands and thousands of known volcanoes around the world. Many have no names, and most are located deep underneath the ocean at the point where the Earth's tectonic plates are spreading apart. This is just a partial list.

List of Volcanoes

Fogo Caldera, SW Cape Verde Is. Atlantic Ocean Merapi Volcano, Java, Indonesia Batur Voclano, Bali, Indonesia Rabaul Caldera, Papua New Guinea Pinatubo Volcano, Central Luzon, Philippines Mt Canlaon, Negros Islands, Philippines Bulusan, Luzon, Philippines Parker, Southern Mindanao, Philippines Gemini Seamount, New Hebrides Island Arc, Vanuatu Islands Aoba (Ambae Island), Vanuatu Islands Barren Island, Andaman Islands, Indian Ocean, India Mt Unzen, Japan Bezymianny Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia Karymsky Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia Klyuchevskoi Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia Avachinsky Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii Loihi Seamount, Hawaii Marianis Islands Metis Shoal, Tonga Ruapehu, New Zealand Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand Akutan Volcano, Aleutian Islands Shishaldin Volcano, Aleutian Islands Mt Spurr, Alaska Pavlof Volcano, Alaska Peninsula Gorda Ridge, Northeast Pacific Ocean Mount St. Helens Mount Lassen, California Lake Superior Ice Volcanoes, Michigan Popocatepetl, Mexico Santa María Volcano, Guatemala Pacaya Volcano, Guatemala Fuego Volcano, Guatemala Tacaná Volcano, Guatemala Cerro Quemado Volcano, Guatemala Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica Volcano Rincon de la Vieja, Costa Rica Coatepeque, El Salvador Ilopango, El Salvador Izalco, El Salvador San Miguel, El Salvador San Salvador, El Salvador San Vicente, El Salvador Santa Ana, El Salvador Cerro Negro, Nicaragua Soufriere Hills, Montserrat, West Indies Galeras, Nevado Cumbal, Dona Juana, Cerro Negro de Mayasquer, Azufral Galapagos, Fernandina Stromboli Volcano, Italy Etna Volcano, Italy Bardarbunga/Grimsvotn Volcanoes, Iceland Askja Volcano, Iceland Krafla Volcano, Iceland Hekla Volcano, Iceland Katla Volcano, Iceland Vestmannaeyjar Volcano, Iceland Mount Erebus, Antarctica

Thanks to the list at the

MTU Volcanoes Page

. The best list of volcanoes is located at the Oregon State University website. And another great list from NASA.

We have written many articles about volcanoes for Universe Today. Here's an article about

dormant volcanoes

, and here's an article about

extinct volcanoes

.

Want more resources on the Earth? Here's a link to

NASA's Human Spaceflight page

, and here's

NASA's Visible Earth

.

We have also recorded an episode of Astronomy Cast about Earth, as part of our tour through the Solar System -

Episode 51: Earth

.