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List of shield volcanoes

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List of shield volcanoes
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This **list of shield volcanoes ** includes active, dormant and extinct shield volcanoes. Shield volcanoes are one of the three types of volcanoes. They have a short cone shape, and have basaltic lava which means the lava has low viscosity (viscosity is a measure of the ability for a liquid to flow)

Eruption of Kīlauea in 1954
[[Erta Ale
The erupting lava from [[Piton de la Fournaise]] met the water of the Indian Ocean during the August 2004 eruption.
On the path to the summit of Mount Warning
Skjaldbreiður as seen from Þingvellir

Active

Ecuador

  • Alcedo, Isabella Island, Galápagos Islands
  • La Cumbre, Fernandina Island, Galápagos Islands
  • Sierra Negra, Isabella Island, Galápagos Islands
  • Cerro Azul, Isabella Island, Galápagos Islands
  • Wolf, Isabella Island, Galápagos Islands
  • Marchena, Marchena Island, Galápagos Islands
  • Darwin, Darwin Island, Galápagos Islands
  • Galápagos Rift, Galápagos Islands

Other

  • Lava plateau of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex (British Columbia, Canada)
  • Barrier (Kenya)
  • Bottom half of Mount Erebus (Ross Dependency, Antarctica)
  • Erta Ale (Ethiopia)
  • Bottom half of Mount Etna (Sicily, Italy)
  • Mount Wrangell (Alaska)
  • Mount Karthala (Comoros)
  • Namarunu (Kenya)
  • Niuafo'ou (Tonga)
  • Mount Nyamuragira (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Piton de la Fournaise (Réunion, France)
  • Masaya Volcano, Nicaragua
  • Kīlauea, Hawaii, US
  • Mauna Loa, Hawaii
  • Mount Halla (Jeju Island, South Korea)
  • Mascarin Peak (Marion Island, South Africa)

Dormant

Canada

  • Heart Peaks
  • Itcha Range (British Columbia, Canada)
  • Lava plateau of Level Mountain (British Columbia, Canada)

United States

  • Arlington Cone (Arizona)
  • Belknap Crater (Oregon)
  • Gillespie Volcano (Arizona)
  • Haleakalā (Maui)
  • Hell's Half Acre (Idaho)
  • House Mountain (Arizona)
  • Hualālai (Hawaii)
  • Indian Heaven (Washington)
  • Larch Mountain (Oregon)
  • Mauna Kea (Hawaii)
  • Medicine Lake Volcano (California)
  • Newberry Volcano (Oregon)
  • Pelican Butte (Oregon)
  • Shoshone Lava Field (Idaho)
  • The Three Sisters (Oregon)
  • Wapi Lava Field (Idaho)

Costa Rica

  • Tilarán

Kenya

  • Mount Marsabit
  • Menengai

Other

  • La Grille (Comoros)
  • Mt. Bar le Duc (Mauritius)
  • Queen Mary's Peak (South Atlantic Ocean)
  • Rangitoto Island (New Zealand)
  • Santorini (Greece)
  • São Tomé (São Tomé and Príncipe, Atlantic Ocean)
  • Skjaldbreiður (Iceland)
  • Kollóttadyngja (Iceland)
  • Trölladyngja (Iceland)
  • Mount Takahe (Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica)
  • Taveuni (Fiji)
  • Karaca Dağ (Turkey)

Extinct

Antarctica

  • Mount Andrus
  • Mount Berlin
  • Mount Moulton
  • Mount Sidley (Marie Byrd Land)
  • Mount Terror (Ross Dependency)

Other

  • Ball's Pyramid of Australia is a volcanic plug, or an erosional remnant of a shield volcano.
  • Banks Peninsula (Christchurch, New Zealand)
  • Bermuda Pedestal (Bermuda, United Kingdom)
  • Dunedin Volcano (Dunedin, New Zealand)
  • Kohala (Hawaii, United States)
  • Kookooligit Mountains (St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, United States)
  • Mormon Mountain (Arizona, United States)
  • House Mountain (Arizona, United States)
  • Hackberry Mountain (Arizona, United States)
  • Lord Howe Island, (Australia)
  • Mount Piton (Piton, Mauritius)
  • Piton des Neiges (Réunion, France)
  • Poike (Easter Island, Chile)
  • Pūhāhonu, Hawaii – the largest shield volcano on Earth by volume
  • Rano Kau (Easter Island, Chile)
  • Slieve Gullion (Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)
  • Terevaka (Easter Island, Chile)
  • Topo Volcano, Azores, Portugal
  • Tweed Volcano, Australia
  • Mount Charter, Australia
  • Mount Tor, Australia
  • Mount Julia, Australia
  • Mount Cripps, Australia
  • Verkhovoy (Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.)

Other planets and satellites

Mars & Venus

  • Alba Mons
  • Olympus Mons
  • Arsia Mons
  • Ascraeus Mons
  • Pavonis Mons
  • Syrtis Major Planum
  • Maat Mons
  • Theia Mons

Io

Io, a moon of Jupiter, has several volcanoes that spew sulphur. Some of these include Pele and Tohil Mons.

Pyroclastic shields

Bolivia

  • Sacabaya
  • Tata Sabaya

Nicaragua

  • Apoyeque
  • Masaya

Papua New Guinea

  • Rabaul, New Britain

Other

  • Ambrym, Vanuatu
  • Purico Complex, Chile
  • Taal Volcano, Philippines

References

References

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