1. Mt. Kilauea Hawaii Shield Volcano Active Hot Spot
Continuous since 1983
Kilauea means “spewing”
4,000 ft

3. Elev. Above Sea Level 1,277 m 4,190 ft
Location N W
Elev. Above Sea Level 1,277 m 4,190 ft
Area 1,430 km2 552 mi2 (13.7% of Hawai`i)
Volume 25,000-35,000 km3 6,000-8,500 mi3

4. Mt. St. Helens Washington U.S.A Composite Volcano
Last major eruption 1980
Killed 57 people
Active volcano small eruptions over the past 4 years
Blew away the side of a volcano
8,300 ft.
Convergent Boundary

6. Vesuvius Italy 79 AD eruption that buried the city of pompeii
1631 and 1944
Composite Volcano
Dormant
4,000 ft.

9. Fuji Japan Dormant 1708 Convergent boundary (ocean – ocean)
Highest mountain in Japan
12,300 ft.
Composite

11. Krakatoa Indonesia 1883 13,000 hiroshima bombs
Heard 2,000 mi. away in Australia
36,417 people died 165 towns and villages destroyed
Composite Volcano (Strato)
2700 ft.
Dormant

14. Mt. Etna Italy (Sicily) Largest volcano in Europe Composite Volcano
2007 last eruption 2002 last major eruption
Active Volcano
11,000 ft.
Convergent

18. Hekla Iceland Composite Volcano Most recent eruption 2000 Active
Divergent Boundary
4800 ft.

20. Mauna Loa Hawaii Earth’s largest volcano
56,000 ft (13,800 ft above sea level)
1984 most recent eruption
Dormant/Active
Hot spot
Shield Volcano

23. Mt. Mazama
Oregon USA
5677 B.C. eruption 42 times more explosive than Mt. St. Helens in 1980
Produced Crater Lake
Last eruption 2000 B.C.
Convergent
Composite/Caldera
Extinct

26. Stromboli Italy Composite Volcano Active (last eruption 2002)
Largest eruption 1930
Convergent
3,000-4,000 ft.

29. Yellowstone Wyoming Shield/Caldera Hot spot
Last Erupted over 600,000 years ago
Dormant
Supervolcano

33. Mt. Pinatubo
Indonesia
June 1991
Composite
Convergent Boundary

36. Mt. Pelee Caribbean Sea (Martinique)
1902 major eruption killed 26,000 – 36,000 people and destroyed the city of Saint Pierre
Last eruption 1932
Dormant
Convergent Boundary (Island Arc)
4,500 ft
Composite

38. Mt. Popocatepetl Mexico Composite 17,800 ft Convergent Boundary
2008 most recent eruption
Active

40. Mt. Tambora Java, Indonesia 1815 (1816 year without a summer)
Composite
Convergent
8,900 ft
1967 last eruption

42. Sakurajima Southern Tip of Japan Composite
Convergent Boundary (Ring of Fire)
Last Eruption 2008
Last major eruption was 1914
3,665 ft.

45. Cotopaxi Ecuador 19,300 ft Composite Most recent eruption was 1940
Convergent Boundary

48. Mt. Picanose