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This alphabetical list is adapted from the SI/USGS Global Volcanism Programs List of Holocene volcanoes.
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A

Name Location Type Latitude Longitude Elevation (m)
Abu Honshu-Japan Shield volcanoes 34.50 131.60 641
Acamarachi Chile-N Stratovolcano -23.30 -67.62 6046
Acatenango Guatemala Stratovolcano 14.50 -90.88 3976
Acigöl-Nevsehir Turkey Caldera 38.57 34.52 1689
Adams US-Washington Stratovolcano 46.21 -121.49 3742
Adams Seamount Pacific-C Submarine volcano -25.37 -129.27 -39
Adatara Honshu-Japan Stratovolcanoes 37.64 140.29 1718
Adwa Ethiopia Stratovolcano 10.07 40.84 1733
Afderà Ethiopia Stratovolcano 13.08 40.85 1295
Agrigan Mariana Is-C Pacific Stratovolcano 18.77 145.67 965
Agua Guatemala Stratovolcano 14.47 -90.74 3760
Agua de Pau Azores Stratovolcano 37.77 -25.47 947
Aguilera Chile-S Stratovolcano -50.33 -73.75 2546
Agung Lesser Sunda Is Stratovolcano -8.34 115.51 3142
Ahyi Mariana Is-C Pacific Submarine volcano 20.42 145.03 -137
Akademia Nauk Kamchatka Stratovolcanoes 53.98 159.45 1180
Akagi Honshu-Japan Stratovolcano 36.56 139.20 1828
Akan Hokkaido-Japan Caldera 43.38 144.01 1499
Akhtang Kamchatka Shield volcano 55.43 158.65 1956
Akita-Komaga-take Honshu-Japan Stratovolcanoes 39.76 140.80 1637
Akita-Yake-yama Honshu-Japan Stratovolcano 39.96 140.76 1366
Akuseki-jima Ryukyu Is Stratovolcanoes 29.46 129.60 584
Akutan Aleutian Is Stratovolcano 54.13 -165.99 1303
Alaid Kuril Is Stratovolcano 50.86 155.55 2339
Alamagan Mariana Is-C Pacific Stratovolcano 17.60 145.83 744
Alayta Ethiopia Shield volcano 12.88 40.57 1501
Alban Hills Italy Caldera 41.73 12.70 949
Alcedo Galápagos Shield volcano -0.43 -91.12 1130
Ale Bagu Ethiopia Stratovolcano 13.52 40.63 1031
Alid Ethiopia Stratovolcano 14.88 39.92 904
Alligator Lake Canada Volcanic field 60.42 -135.42 2217
Almolonga Guatemala Stratovolcano 14.82 -91.48 3197
Alney-Chashakondzha Kamchatka Stratovolcano 56.70 159.65 2598
Alngey Kamchatka Stratovolcano 57.70 160.40 1853
Alu Ethiopia Fissure vents 13.82 40.55 429
Alutu Ethiopia Stratovolcano 7.77 38.78 2335
Amak Aleutian Is Stratovolcano 55.42 -163.15 488
Amasing Halmahera-Indonesia Stratovolcanoes -0.53 127.48 1030
Ambalatungan Group Luzon-Philippines Compound volcano 17.32 121.10 2329
Ambang Sulawesi-Indonesia Complex volcano 0.75 124.42 1795
Ambitle New Ireland-SW Pacific Stratovolcano -4.08 153.65 450
Ambre-Bobaomby Madagascar Volcanic field -12.60 49.15 1475
Ambrym Vanuatu-SW Pacific Pyroclastic shield -16.25 168.12 1334
Amorong Luzon-Philippines Lava domes 15.83 120.81 376
Amsterdam Island Indian O.-S Stratovolcano -37.83 77.52 881
Amukta Aleutian Is Stratovolcano 52.50 -171.25 1066
Anatahan Mariana Is-C Pacific Stratovolcano 16.35 145.67 790
Anaun Kamchatka Stratovolcano 56.32 158.83 1828
Andahua-Orcopampa Perú Cinder cones -15.42 -72.33 4713
Andrus Antarctica Shield volcanoes -75.80 -132.33 2978
Aneityum Vanuatu-SW Pacific Stratovolcanoes -20.20 169.78 852
Aniakchak Alaska Peninsula Caldera 56.88 -158.17 1341
Ankaizina Field Madagascar Cinder cones -14.30 48.67 2878
Ankaratra Field Madagascar Cinder cones -19.40 47.20 2644
Antillanca Group Chile-C Stratovolcanoes -40.77 -72.15 1990
Antipodes Island Pacific-S Pyroclastic cones -49.68 178.77 402
Antisana Ecuador Stratovolcano -0.48 -78.14 5753
Antofagasta de la Sierra Argentina Scoria cones -26.08 -67.50 4000
Antuco Chile-C Stratovolcano -37.41 -71.35 2979
Aoba Vanuatu-SW Pacific Shield volcano -15.40 167.83 1496
Aoga-shima Izu Is-Japan Stratovolcano 32.45 139.76 423
Apagado Chile-S Pyroclastic cone -41.88 -72.58 1210
Apaneca Range El Salvador Stratovolcanoes 13.89 -89.79 2036
Apastepeque Field El Salvador Volcanic field 13.72 -88.77 700
Apo Mindanao-Philippines Stratovolcano 6.99 125.27 2938
Apoyeque Nicaragua Pyroclastic shield 12.24 -86.34 518
Aracar Argentina Stratovolcano -24.25 -67.77 6082
Aragats Armenia Stratovolcano 40.53 44.20 4095
Aramuaca, Laguna El Salvador Maar 13.43 -88.11 181
Ararat Turkey Stratovolcano 39.70 44.30 5165
Arayat Luzon-Philippines Stratovolcano 15.20 120.74 1026
Ardoukôba Djibouti Fissure vents 11.58 42.47 298
Arenal Costa Rica Stratovolcano 10.46 -84.70 1670
Arenales Chile-S Stratovolcano -47.20 -73.48 3437
Arhab, Harra of Arabia-S Volcanic field 15.63 44.08 3100
Arjuno-Welirang Java Stratovolcano -7.73 112.58 3339
Asacha Kamchatka Complex volcano 52.36 157.83 1910
Asama Honshu-Japan Complex volcano 36.40 138.53 2568
Asavyo Ethiopia Shield volcano 13.07 41.60 1200
Ascensión Atlantic-C Stratovolcano -7.95 -14.37 858
Askja Iceland-NE Stratovolcano 65.03 -16.75 1516
Aso Kyushu-Japan Caldera 32.88 131.11 1592
Assab Volc Field Ethiopia Volcanic field 12.95 42.43 987
Asuncion Mariana Is-C Pacific Stratovolcano 19.67 145.41 857
Atacazo Ecuador Stratovolcano -0.35 -78.62 4463
Atakor Volc Field Africa-N Scoria cones 23.33 5.83 2918
Atitlán Guatemala Stratovolcano 14.58 -91.19 3535
Atka Aleutian Is Stratovolcanoes 52.38 -174.15 1533
Atlin Volc Field Canada Cinder cones 59.68 -133.32 1880
Atlixcos, Los México Shield volcano 19.81 -96.53 800
Atsonupuri Kuril Is Stratovolcano 44.81 147.14 1206
Atuel, Caldera del Argentina Caldera -34.65 -70.05 5189
Auckland Field New Zealand Volcanic field -36.90 174.87 260
Augustine Alaska-SW Lava domes 59.36 -153.43 1252
Auquihuato, Cerro Perú Cinder cone -15.07 -73.18 4980
Avachinsky Kamchatka Stratovolcano 53.26 158.83 2741
Awu Sangihe Is-Indonesia Stratovolcano 3.67 125.50 1320
Axial Seamount Pacific-NE Submarine volcano 45.95 -130.00 -1410
Ayelu Ethiopia Stratovolcano 10.08 40.70 2145
Azas Plateau Russia-SE Volcanic field 52.52 98.60 2765
Azores Archipelago Atlantic Cinder cones
Azufral Colombia Stratovolcano 1.08 -77.68 4070
Azufre, Cerro del Chile-N Stratovolcano -21.79 -68.24 5846
Azul, Cerro Galápagos Shield volcano -0.92 -91.41 1640
Azul, Cerro Chile-C Stratovolcano -35.65 -70.76 3788
Azul, Volcán Nicaragua Cinder cones 12.53 -83.87 201
Azuma Honshu-Japan Stratovolcanoes 37.73 140.25 2035

B

Name Location Type Latitude Longitude Elevation (m)
Babuyan Claro Luzon-N of Stratovolcanoes 19.52 121.94 1080
Bachelor US-Oregon Stratovolcano 43.98 -121.69 2763
Bagana Bougainville-SW Pacific Lava cone -6.14 155.20 1750
Bakening Kamchatka Stratovolcano 53.91 158.07 2278
Baker US-Washington Stratovolcanoes 48.78 -121.81 3285
Bal Haf, Harra of Arabia-S Volcanic field 14.05 48.33 233
Balatukan Mindanao-Philippines Compound volcano 8.77 124.98 2450
Balbi Bougainville-SW Pacific Stratovolcano -5.92 154.98 2715
Bald Knoll US-Utah Cinder cones 37.33 -112.41 2135
Baluan Admiralty Is-SW Pacific Stratovolcano -2.57 147.28 254
Baluran Java Stratovolcano -7.85 114.37 1247
Balut Mindanao-Philippines Stratovolcano 5.40 125.38 862
Bam New Guinea-NE of Stratovolcano -3.61 144.82 685
Bamus New Britain-SW Pac Stratovolcano -5.20 151.23 2248
Banahaw Luzon-Philippines Complex volcano 14.07 121.48 2158
Banda Api Banda Sea Caldera -4.53 129.87 640
Bandai Honshu-Japan Stratovolcano 37.60 140.08 1819
Banua Wuhu Sangihe Is-Indonesia Submarine volcano 3.14 125.49 -5
Baransky Kuril Is Stratovolcano 45.10 148.02 1132
Bárcena México-Is Cinder cones 19.30 -110.82 332
Bárdarbunga Iceland-NE Stratovolcano 64.63 -17.53 2000
Barkhatnaya Sopka Kamchatka Lava domes 52.82 158.27 870
Barren Island Andaman Is-Indian O Stratovolcano 12.28 93.86 354
Barrier, The Africa-E Shield volcano 2.32 36.57 1032
Barú Panamá Stratovolcano 8.81 -82.54 3474
Barva Costa Rica Complex volcano 10.14 -84.10 2906
Bas Dong Nai SE Asia Volcanic field 10.80 107.20 392
Batur Lesser Sunda Is Caldera -8.24 115.38 1717
Bayo, Cerro Chile-N Complex volcano -25.42 -68.58 5401
Bayonnaise Rocks Izu Is-Japan Submarine volcano 31.88 139.92 11
Bayuda Volc Field Africa-N Cinder cones 18.33 32.75 670
Bazman Iran Stratovolcano 28.07 60.00 3490
Beerenberg Atlantic-N-Jan Mayen Stratovolcano 71.08 -8.17 2277
Behm Canal-Rudyerd Bay Alaska-E Cinder cones 55.32 -131.05 500
Belenkaya Kamchatka Stratovolcano 51.75 157.27 892
Belirang-Beriti Sumatra Compound volcano -2.82 102.18 1958
Belknap US-Oregon Shield volcanoes 44.29 -121.84 2095
Bely Kamchatka Shield volcanoes 57.88 160.53 2080
Berlin Antarctica Shield volcanoes -76.05 -136.00 3478
Beru Ethiopia Volcanic field 8.95 39.75 1100
Berutarube Kuril Is Stratovolcano 44.46 146.94 1221
Besar Sumatra Stratovolcano ? -4.43 103.67 1899
Bezymianny Kamchatka Stratovolcano 55.98 160.59 2882
Bibinoi Halmahera-Indonesia Stratovolcanoes -0.77 127.72 900
Bilate River Field Ethiopia Maars 7.07 38.10 1700
Biliran Philippines-C Compound volcano 11.52 124.54 1301
Billy Mitchell Bougainville-SW Pacific Pyroclastic shield -6.09 155.23 1544
Bir Borhut Arabia-S Volcanic field 15.55 50.63
Birk, Harrat al Arabia-W Volcanic field 18.37 41.63 381
Bishoftu Volc Field Ethiopia Fissure vents 8.78 38.98 1850
Biu Plateau Africa-W Volcanic field 10.75 12.00
Black Peak Alaska Peninsula Stratovolcano 56.55 -158.79 1032
Black Rock Desert US-Utah Volcanic field 38.97 -112.50 1800
Blancas, Lomas Chile-C Stratovolcano -36.29 -71.01 2268
Bliznets Kamchatka Stratovolcano 56.97 159.78 1244
Bliznetsy Kamchatka Lava cone 57.35 161.37 265
Blue Lake Crater US-Oregon Maar 44.41 -121.77 1230
Blup Blup New Guinea-NE of Stratovolcano -3.51 144.61 402
Bobrof Aleutian Is Stratovolcano 51.91 -177.44 738
Bogatyr Ridge Kuril Is Stratovolcano 44.83 147.34 1634
Bogoslof Aleutian Is Submarine volcano 53.93 -168.03 150
Boisa New Guinea-NE of Stratovolcano -3.99 144.96 240
Bola New Britain-SW Pac Stratovolcano -5.15 150.03 1155
Bolshe-Bannaya Kamchatka Lava domes 52.90 157.78 1200
Bolshoi Payalpan Kamchatka Shield volcanoes 55.88 157.78 1906
Bolshoi Semiachik Kamchatka Stratovolcanoes 54.32 160.02 1720
Bolshoi-Kekuknaysky Kamchatka Shield volcanoes 56.47 157.80 1401
Bombalai Borneo Pyroclastic cone 4.40 117.88 531
Boomerang Seamount Indian O.-S Submarine volcano -37.72 77.83 -650
Bora-Bericcio Ethiopia Pumice cones 8.27 39.03 2285
Borale Ale Ethiopia Stratovolcano 13.73 40.60 668
Borawli Ethiopia Stratovolcano 13.30 40.98 812
Borawli Ethiopia Lava domes 11.63 41.45 875
Boset-Bericha Ethiopia Stratovolcanoes 8.56 39.48 2447
Bouvet Atlantic-S Shield volcano -54.42 3.35 780
Bratan Lesser Sunda Is Caldera -8.28 115.13 2276
Brava Cape Verde Is Stratovolcano 14.85 -24.72 900
Bravo, Cerro Colombia Stratovolcano 5.09 -75.30 4000
Brennisteinsfjöll Iceland-SW Crater rows 63.92 -21.83 626
Bridge River Cones Canada Volcanic field 50.80 -123.40 2500
Bridgeman Island Antarctica Stratovolcano -62.05 -56.75 240
Bristol Island Antarctica Stratovolcano -59.03 -26.58 1100
Brothers New Zealand Submarine volcano -34.88 179.08 -1350
Brushy Butte US-California Shield volcano 41.18 -121.44 1174
Buckle Island Antarctica Stratovolcano -66.78 163.25 1239
Bufumbira Africa-C Cinder cones -1.23 29.72 2440
Buldir Aleutian Is Stratovolcano 52.35 175.91 656
Bulusan Luzon-Philippines Stratovolcanoes 12.77 124.05 1565
Bunyaruguru Field Africa-C Maars -0.20 30.08 1554
Burney, Monte Chile-S Stratovolcano -52.33 -73.40 1758
Bus-Obo Mongolia Cinder cone 47.12 109.08 1162
Butajiri-Silti Field Ethiopia Fissure vents 8.05 38.35 2281
Buzzard Creek Alaska-E Tuff rings 64.07 -148.42 830

C

Name Location Type Latitude Longitude Elevation (m)
Cabalían Philippines-C Stratovolcano 10.29 125.22 945
Caburgua-Huelemolle Chile-C Cinder cones -39.25 -71.70 1496
Cagua Luzon-Philippines Stratovolcano 18.22 122.12 1133
Caichinque Chile-N Stratovolcanoes -23.95 -67.73 4450
Calabozos Chile-C Caldera -35.56 -70.50 3508
Calatrava Volc Field Spain Pyroclastic cones 38.87 -4.02 1117
Calbuco Chile-S Stratovolcano -41.33 -72.61 2003
Callaqui Chile-C Stratovolcano -37.92 -71.45 3164
Cameroon Africa-W Stratovolcano 4.20 9.17 4095
Camiguin Mindanao-Philippines Stratovolcanoes 9.20 124.67 1552
Camiguin de Babuyanes Luzon-N of Stratovolcano 18.83 121.86 712
Campi Flegrei Italy Caldera 40.83 14.14 458
Campi Flegrei Mar Sicilia Italy Submarine volcanoes 37.10 12.70 -8
Candlemas Island Antarctica Stratovolcano -57.08 -26.67 550
Canlaon Philippines-C Stratovolcano 10.41 123.13 2435
Capulin Mountain US-New Mexico Cinder cones 36.40 -104.10 2494
Carlisle Aleutian Is Stratovolcano 52.89 -170.05 1620
Carrán-Los Venados Chile-C Pyroclastic cones -40.35 -72.07 1114
Carrizozo US-New Mexico Cinder cones 33.78 -105.93 1731
Casiri, Nevados Perú Stratovolcanoes -17.47 -69.81 5650
Cay Chile-S Stratovolcano -45.06 -72.98 2090
Cayambe Ecuador Compound volcano 0.03 -77.99 5790
Cayutué-La Viguería Chile-S Pyroclastic cones -41.25 -72.27 506
Ceboruco México Stratovolcano 21.13 -104.51 2280
Cendres, Ile des SE Asia Submarine volcanoes 10.16 109.01 -20
Central Island Africa-E Tuff cones 3.50 36.04 550
Cereme Java Stratovolcano -6.89 108.40 3078
Chacana Ecuador Caldera -0.38 -78.25 4643
Chachani, Nevado Perú Stratovolcano -16.19 -71.53 6057
Chagulak Aleutian Is Stratovolcano 52.58 -171.13 1142
Chaîne des Puys France Cinder cones 45.78 2.97 1464
Chaitén Chile-S Caldera -42.83 -72.65 1122
Changbaishan China-E Stratovolcano 41.98 128.08 2744
Cherny Kamchatka Stratovolcano 56.82 159.67 1778
Cherpuk Group Kamchatka Pyroclastic cones 55.55 157.47 1868
Chichinautzin México Volcanic field 19.08 -99.13 3930
Chichón, El México Lava domes 17.36 -93.23 1150
Chiginagak Alaska Peninsula Stratovolcano 57.14 -156.99 2221
Chikurachki Kuril Is Stratovolcanoes 50.33 155.46 1816
Chiliques Chile-N Stratovolcano -23.58 -67.70 5778
Chillán, Nevados de Chile-C Stratovolcano -36.86 -71.38 3212
Chimborazo Ecuador Stratovolcano -1.46 -78.82 6310
Chinameca El Salvador Stratovolcano 13.48 -88.33 1300
Chingo Guatemala Stratovolcano 14.12 -89.73 1775
Chiquimula Volc Field Guatemala Cinder cones 14.83 -89.55 1192
Chiracha Ethiopia Stratovolcano 6.65 38.12 1650
Chirinkotan Kuril Is Stratovolcano 48.98 153.48 724
Chirip Kuril Is Stratovolcanoes 45.34 147.93 1587
Chirpoi Kuril Is Caldera 46.53 150.88 742
Chokai Honshu-Japan Stratovolcanoes 39.10 140.05 2233
Ch'uga-ryong Korea Shield volcano 38.33 127.33 452
Churchill Alaska-E Stratovolcano 61.38 -141.75 5005
Chyulu Hills Africa-E Volcanic field -2.68 37.88 2188
Ciguatepe, Cerro el Nicaragua Stratovolcano 12.53 -86.14 603
Cinnamon Butte US-Oregon Cinder cones 43.24 -122.11 1956
Cinotepeque, Cerro El Salvador Volcanic field 14.02 -89.25 665
Clark New Zealand Submarine volcano -36.45 177.84 -860
Clear Lake US-California Volcanic field 38.97 -122.77 1439
Cleft Segment Pacific-NE Submarine volcano 44.83 -130.30 -2140
Cleveland Aleutian Is Stratovolcano 52.83 -169.94 1730
Coatepeque Caldera El Salvador Caldera 13.87 -89.55 746
CoAxial Segment Pacific-NE Submarine volcano 46.52 -129.58 -2400
Cobb Segment Pacific-NE Submarine volcano 46.88 -129.33 -2100
Cochiquito Volc Group Argentina Stratovolcanoes -36.77 -69.82 1435
Cochons, Ile aux