Mt. Kilauea
• Hawaii
• Shield Volcano
• Active
• Hot Spot
• Continuous since 1983
• Kilauea means “spewing”
• 4,000 ft
Location19.425 N 155.292 W
Elev. Above Sea Level1,277 m4,190 ft
Area1,430 km2
552 mi2(13.7% of Hawai`i)
Volume25,000-35,000 km3
6,000-8,500 mi3
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
Vesuvius
• Italy
• 79 AD eruption that buried the city of pompeii
• 1631 and 1944
• Composite Volcano
• Dormant
• 4,000 ft.
Fuji
• Japan
• Dormant
• 1708
• Convergent boundary (ocean – ocean)
• Highest mountain in Japan
• 12,300 ft.
• Composite
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
Mt. Etna
• Italy (Sicily)
• Largest volcano in Europe
• Composite Volcano
• 2007 last eruption 2002 last major eruption
• Active Volcano
• 11,000 ft.
• Convergent
Hekla
• Iceland
• Composite Volcano
• Most recent eruption 2000
• Active
• Divergent Boundary
• 4800 ft.
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
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
Stromboli
• Italy
• Composite Volcano
• Active (last eruption 2002)
• Largest eruption 1930
• Convergent
• 3,000-4,000 ft.
Yellowstone
• Wyoming
• Shield/Caldera
• Hot spot
• Last Erupted over 600,000 years ago
• Dormant
• Supervolcano
Mt. Pinatubo
• Indonesia
• June 1991
• Composite
• Convergent Boundary
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
Mt. Popocatepetl
• Mexico
• Composite
• 17,800 ft
• Convergent Boundary
• 2008 most recent eruption
• Active
Mt. Tambora
• Java, Indonesia
• 1815 (1816 year without a summer)
• Composite
• Convergent
• 8,900 ft
• 1967 last eruption
Sakurajima
• Southern Tip of Japan
• Composite
• Convergent Boundary (Ring of Fire)
• Last Eruption 2008
• Last major eruption was 1914
• 3,665 ft.
Cotopaxi
• Ecuador
• 19,300 ft
• Composite
• Most recent eruption was 1940
• Convergent Boundary
Mt. Picanose