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List of stratovolcanoes

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Main article: Stratovolcano

A list of stratovolcanoes follows below.

Africa

Cameroon

Eboga stratovolcano
Little Mount Cameroon
Mount Cameroon
Mount Oku

Democratic Republic of Congo

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

Alid Volcano
Dubbi Volcano
Nabro Volcano

Ethiopia

Adwa
Aluto
Borawli, Afar Region
Mount Chilalo
Dabbahu Volcano
Mount Fentale

Kenya

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

Rwanda

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

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

Atlantic Ocean

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

Caribbean

La Grande Soufrière on Basse-Terre Island, Guadeloupe
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

Costa Rica

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

El Salvador

San Miguel
Chinameca
Santa Ana
Chichontepec
Guazapa
Taburete
Izalco

Honduras

Isla Zacate Grande
Tiger Island

Guatemala

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

Concepción
Cosigüina
Mombacho
Momotombo
Rota
San Cristóbal Volcano
Telica

Panama

Volcán Barú
El Valle
La Yeguada

North America

The [[Mount Cayley]] volcanic complex on August 13, 2005. Summits left to right are Pyroclastic Peak and Mount Cayley.

Canada

Northwest Territories/Nunavut

Back River volcanic complex

Yukon

Montana Mountain
Mount Nansen (Yukon)

Northern British Columbia

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

Southern British Columbia

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

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

United States

Alaska

Mount Akutan
Augustine Volcano
Mount Bona
Mount Churchill
Mount Cleveland
Mount Edgecumbe
Frosty Peak Volcano
Hayes Volcano
Mount Katmai
Korovin Volcano
Mount Mageik
Mount Martin
Mount Pavlof
Pavlof Sister
Mount Redoubt
Mount Shishaldin
Mount Spurr
Mount Vsevidof

Washington (state)

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

Mount Hood
- Mount Hood is Oregon's most active volcano.
Mount Jefferson
Castle Rocks
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 Ship
Mount McLoughlin
Rattlesnake Creek
- This stratovolcano was a proto-Cascade Range volcano east of Burns, Oregon.

California

Mount Shasta
Shastina
Burney Mountain
Magee Peak
Lassen volcanic area
Snow Mountain
Mount Yana
Mount Maidu
Mount Dittmar
Mount Tehama

Nevada

Cleopatra Peak
Hamblin Peak

Utah

Mount Belknap
Monroe Peak

Colorado

Summer Coon
Guffey volcanic center

Wyoming

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

Arizona

Mohon Peak
San Francisco Mountain
- Humphreys Peak
- Agassiz Peak
- Fremont Peak
- Aubineau Peak
- Rees Peak
- Doyle Peak
Mount Baldy

New Mexico

Mount Taylor
Sierra Blanca (New Mexico)

Virginia

Battle Mountain (Virginia)

New Hampshire

Ossipee Mountains

South America

A view of [[Acotango]] from [[Chungará Lake

Chile

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
Reclus
Sierra Nevada
Chaitén
Acamarachi
Marmolejo
- It is the southernmost mountain with more than 6000 msmm
San José
Plantat

Colombia

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

Ecuador

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

Peru

Coropuna
Huaynaputina
El Misti
Sabancaya
Ubinas
Tutupaca
Yucamane

Antarctica

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

Asia

Western Asia

Iran

Bazman
Sahand
Sabalan
Mount Damavand
Taftan Volcano

Turkey

Photo of mount Ararat (ağri dağı) seen from space

Mount Hasan
Mount Ararat and Little Ararat
Mount Erciyes
Mount süphan

Yemen

Jabal al-Tair, an island within the Red Sea

South Asia

India

Barren Island
- It is the only active stratovolcano in the Indian subcontinent
Narcondam Island

Southeast Asia

Indonesia

[[Volcanic]] activity at [[Anak Krakatau

Mount Kerinci and Mount Sinabung in Sumatra
Mount Lawu in Central Java
Mount Muria in Central Java
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 on the island of Sumbawa. Its catastrophic eruption in 1815 caused a Year Without a Summer in 1816.
Mount Kelud in East Java
Mount Wilis in Central Java

Ash plume of [[Mount Pinatubo]] during the June 1991 eruption

Malaysia

Bombalai Hill in Sabah, Borneo

Myanmar

Mount Popa in Kyaukpadaung Township, Nyaung-U District

Philippines

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

North Korea

Baekdu Mountain, on the border between North Korea and China

Japan

Akita Prefecture

Mount Akita-Komagatake (part of the volcano lies within Iwate Prefecture)

Aomori Prefecture

Hakkōda Mountains
Mount Iwaki

Fukushima Prefecture

Mount Adatara
Mount Azuma-kofuji
Mount Bandai

Gunma Prefecture

Mount Haruna

Hokkaido

Mount Aka (Daisetsuzan)
Asahi-dake
Mount Biei
Biei Fuji
Mount Chienbetsu
Mount Chinishibetsu
Mount Chisenupuri
Mount Chūbetsu
Mount Dokkarimui
Mount E
Mount Eboshi
Mount Eniwa
Mount Fuppushi
Mount Furano
Mount Hakodate
Mount Higashi
Mount Hokkaido-Komagatake
- An active volcano with 50 recorded eruptions.
Mount Iō (Shiretoko)
Mount Iwanai
Mount Iwaonupuri
Mount Izari
Mount Kamui (Lake Mashū caldera)
Mount Koizumi
Kojima
Mount Konbu
- It most likely is a stratovolcano.
Mount Kuma
Mount Maru (Esan)
Mount Maru (Kamishihoro-Shintoku)
Mount Mekunnai
Mount Minami
Mount Nagayama
Mount Nipesotsu
Mount Niseko-Annupuri
- This volcano is the namesake of the Niseko Volcanic Group.
Mount Nitonupuri
Mount Okkabake
Mount Onnebetsu
Mount Oputateshike
Mount Poromoi
Mount Raiden
- This andesitic volcano is the namesake of the Mount Raiden Volcanic Group.
Mount Rausu
Mount Rishiri
Mount Rusha
Mount Samakke Nupuri
Mount Sashirui
Mount Shakanuge
Mount Shari
Mount Shibetsu
Mount Shirakaba
Mount Shiretoko
Mount Tarumae
Mount Tokachi (Daisetsuzan)
Mount Tomuraushi (Daisetsuzan)
Mount Unabetsu
Mount Usu
Mount Waisuhorun
Mount Yokotsu
- An old, Pleistocene stratovolcano southeast of the more active and most likely younger Hokkaido Koma-ga-take. Yokotsu has a flank vent on its east to southeast side.
Mount Yōtei

Iwate Prefecture

Mount Iwate

Kagoshima Prefecture

Akusekijima
Mount Iō
Mount Kaimon
Mount Kirishima
Kogajajima
Kuchinoerabu-jima
Nakanoshima
Otake
Sakurajima, designated as a Decade Volcano
Shinmoedake
Suwanosejima
Yokoate-jima

Kumamoto Prefecture

Mount Aso
- This volcano is the largest in Japan.
Mount Kinbō

Miyagi Prefecture

Mount Funagata

Miyazaki Prefecture

Mount Ōkueyama

Nagano Prefecture

Mount Naeba (peak is shared with Niigata Prefecture)
Mount Asama

Nagasaki Prefecture

Mount Unzen. Erupted in 1991. Listed as a Decade Volcano

Niigata Prefecture

Mount Myōkō
Mount Naeba (peak is shared with Nagano Prefecture)

Ōita Prefecture

Mount Heiji
Mount Hōsshō
Mount Inahoshi
Mount Kujū
Mount Mimata
Mount Nakadake
Mount North Taisen
Mount Taisen
Mount Waita
Mount Yufu

Shimane Prefecture

Mount Sanbe
- Also known by its Japanese name as Sanbesan, this scenic volcano last erupted in 650 AD and will likely erupt again somewhere in the future.

Shizuoka Prefecture

Mount Fuji (peak is shared with Yamanashi Prefecture) Highest point of the country. Last erupted in 1708
Mount Ashitaka
Mount Echizen-dake
- This vent is a peak of the Ashitaka volcano.

Tochigi Prefecture

Mount Nantai

Tokyo

Mount Mihara on Izu Ōshima
Miyake-jima

Tottori Prefecture

Mount Daisen

Yamagata Prefecture

Mount Chōkai (part of the volcano lies within Akita Prefecture)
Mount Goshō

Yamanashi Prefecture

Mount Fuji (peak is shared with Shizuoka Prefecture)

Taiwan

Guishan Island

Northern Asia

Russia

Bezymianny
Klyuchevskaya Sopka or Kliuchevskoi, Kamchatka Krai, the highest active volcano in Eurasia
Shiveluch, Kamchatka Krai
Avachinsky, Kamchatka Krai, a Decade Volcano
Koryaksky, 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

Central Europe

Slovakia

Bogota, in Košice and Prešov.
Makovica, in Košice and Prešov.
Štiavnica, in Banská Bystrica.
Poľana, in Banská Bystrica region
Strechový Vrch, in Košice and Prešov.
Veľký Milič, in Košice and Prešov.
Zlatá Baňa, in Prešov.

Germany

Kaiserstuhl, in Baden-Württemberg.

Western Europe

France

Monts du Cantal, in Cantal. Largest volcano in Europe by area, 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. Most recent eruption occurred 200 thousand years ago.
Monts Dore
Mont Ross
Gallieni Massif

Netherlands

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

United Kingdom

The Cheviot, in Northumberland, England.
Esha Ness, in Shetland, Scotland.
Scafells, in Cumberland, England, in the Lake District and containing England's tallest mountain Scafell Pike.

Southern Europe

Greece

Milos, in the Aegean Sea.
Nisyros

Italy

Alban Hills, located 20 kilometers (12 miles) east of Rome in Lazio. Last eruption happened in about 5,000 BC.
Monte Vulture. Complex stratovolcano.
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.. The latter last erupted in 1890.

Caucasus

[[Mount Elbrus]], a dormant stratovolcano and the tallest mountain in Russia and Europe.

Mount Elbrus
Mount Kazbek

Armenia

Aragats

Georgia

Didi Abuli
Mount Kazbek
Mount Samsari
Mount Tavkvetili
Tsiteli Khati

Czech Republic

Doupov Mountains

Slovenia

Smrekovec

Iceland

Askja
Bláfell
Bláfjall
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
Herdubreid
Hlöðufell
Hrútfell
Kverkfjöll
Snæfellsjökull
Öræfajökull

Norway

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

Oceania

French Polynesia

Mehetia in Windward Islands of the Society Islands

Northern Mariana Islands

Anatahan in Northern Mariana Islands

Australia

Hillwood in Tasmania
Mount Porndon in Victoria

New Zealand

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

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.
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
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

Kolombangara
Nonda (volcano)
Tinakula
Mount Veve

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