List of active volcanoes

Active volcanoes are volcanoes which are erupting, or have erupted in modern times.^[1] Many volcanoes have erupted dozens of times in the past few thousand years, but are not erupting at this moment. Some scientists consider a volcano active if it has erupted in the Holocene period (historic times).^[2]

Eruption of Mount St. Helens on July 22, 1980.

Most volcanoes live many thousands of years and erupt many times. However, most do not erupt even once in a human lifespan. Signs of unrest such as unusual earthquake activity or significant new gas emissions indicate that a volcano is active. An example of an active volcano is Mount St. Helens in the United States (US).^[3]

There are more than 1,500 volcanoes that could be active today.^[4] An estimated 500 million people live near active volcanoes.^[5]

Planet Venus has more volcanoes than Earth. Some may be active.

Select list

The locations of select active volcanoes are shown by a red dot

There are active volcanoes in every part of the world. There are about 1,500 active volcanoes, many in the region of the Pacific Ocean.^[6]

The Pacific "Ring of Fire" is an arc around the Pacific Ocean where there are 400+ volcanoes.^[7]

Other regions

Active volcanos of East Africa are shown as red triangles

Other regions of active volcanoes include the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and other places.

• Barren Island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India^[8]
• Erta Ale in Ethiopia
• Fuego in Guatemala
• Heard Island and McDonald Islands in Antarctica^[9]
• Kilauea, Hawaii
• Lakagigar in Iceland^[10]
• Cumbre Vieja in La Palma (Canary Islands^[11])
• Loihi, Hawaii
• Mount Erebus in Antarctica^[12]
• Mount Etna in Italy
• Soufrière Hills on the Caribbean island of Montserrat^[13]
• Stromboli in Italy^[3]
• Teide in Spain (Canary Islands)
• Vesuvius in Italy
• Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai in Tonga

Related pages

• List of volcanoes
• Dormant volcano
• List of extinct volcanoes
• Geyser