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COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De vulkaan Argopuro TMnr 20017910
Argopuro, Indonesia, in 1985

The list of volcanoes includes some which are active, dormant and extinct:

On Earth

Antarctica

Argentina

Australia

Azores

  • Agua de Pau
  • Corvo
  • Fayal
  • Flores
  • Furnas
  • Graciosa
  • Pico
  • San Jorge
  • Sete Cidades
  • Terceira

Bolivia

Cameroon

  • Mount Cameroon

Canada

Canary Islands

Cape Verde Islands

Colombia

Comoros

  • Le Kartala (2316 m - active)

Costa Rica

  • Arenal (1657 m - active)
  • Barva
  • Cerro Tilaran
  • Irazu (3432 m - active)
  • Miravalles
  • Orosi
  • Platanar
  • Poás (2708 m - active)
  • Rincon de la Vieja (1916 m - complex)
  • Tenorio
  • Turrialba (active)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • May-Ya-Moto
  • Nyamuragira
  • Mount Nyiragongo
  • Tshibinda
  • Bisoke

Dominica

  • Morne aux Diables
  • Morne Diablotins
  • Morne Plat Pays
  • Morne Trois Pitons
  • Morne Watts

Ecuador

El Salvador

Ethiopia

France

Galapagos Islands

Germany

Greece

Honduras

Iceland

India

  • Barren
  • Narkundam

Indonesia

  • Krakatoa, Rakata
  • Mount Tambora, Sumbawa
  • Volcanoes of Bali island
  • Volcanoes of Flores island
    • Ebulobo
    • Egon
    • Ilimuda
    • Inielika
    • Inierie
    • Iya
    • Kelimutu
    • Leroboleng
    • Lewotobi
    • Ndete Napu
    • Poco Leok
    • Ranakah
    • Riang Kotang
    • Sukaria Caldera
    • Wai Sano
  • Volcanoes of Java island (38)
    • Baluran
    • Cereme
    • Galoen-gong
    • Gede
    • Guntur
    • Lawu
    • Karang
    • Kelut
    • Kendang
    • Ijen
    • Lamongan
    • Lurus
    • Malabar
    • Merbabu
    • Mount Merapia
    • Papandayang
    • Patuha
    • Perbakti
    • Raung
    • Salak
    • Semeru
    • Slamet
    • Sumbing
    • Sundoro
    • Talagabodas
    • Tampomas
    • Tangkuban Prahu
    • Telomoyo
    • Wayang-Windu
    • Wilis
  • Lomblen
    • Ililabalekan
    • Iliwerung
    • Lewotolo
  • Lombok
  • Volcanoes of New Guinea
  • Volcanoes of Sulawesi
    • Ambang
    • Colo
    • Klabat
    • Mahawu
    • Sempu
    • Soputan
    • Tongkoko
  • Volcanoes of Sumatra
    • Belirang-Beriti
    • Besar
    • Bukit Daun
    • Bukit Lumut Balai
    • Dempo
    • Geureudong
    • Gunung Kerinci
    • Gunung Tujuh
    • Helatoba-Tarutung
    • Hulubelu
    • Hutapanjang
    • Imun
    • Kaba
    • Kembar
    • Kerinci
    • Kunyit
    • Lubukraya
    • Marapi
    • Patah
    • Pendan
    • Peuet Sague
    • Pulau Weh
    • Rajabasu
    • Ranau
    • Sarik-Gajah
    • Sekincau Belirang
    • Seluwah Agam
    • Sibayak
    • Sibualbuali
    • Sinabung
    • Sorikmarapi
    • Sumbing
    • Suoh
    • Talakmau
    • Talang
    • Tandikat
    • Toba

Italy

Japan

  • Hokkaido
    • Akan
    • Daisetsu
    • E San
    • Komaga Take
    • Kutcharo
    • Kuttara
    • Mashu
    • Nigorigawa
    • Nipesotsu Upepesanke
    • Niseko
    • Oshima Oshima
    • Rausu
    • Rishiri
    • Shikotsu
    • Shiretoko Iwo Zan
    • Shiribetsu
    • Tokachi
    • Usu
    • Yotei
  • Honshū
    • Adatara
    • Akagi
    • Asama
    • Azuma-Kofuji
    • Bandai
    • Daisen
    • Kusatsu-Shirane
    • Mount Chokai
    • Mount Fuji
    • Mount Funagata
    • Mount Haruna
    • Mount Hiuchigatake
    • Mount Myoko
    • Mount Nekomadake
    • Mount Norikura
    • Mount Tateshina
    • Mount Yake
    • Mount Yoko
    • Nantai
    • Naruko
    • Nasu-dake
    • Niigata-Yakeyama
    • Nikko-Shirane
    • Ontake-san
    • Zao
  • Kyushu

Kenya

Mexico

Montserrat

Netherlands Antilles

New Zealand

Norway

Panama

Peru

Philippines

  • Luzon
    • Ambalatungan Group
    • Amorong
    • Arayat
    • Banahaw
    • Bulusan
    • Cagua
    • Isarog
    • Iriga
    • Jalajala
    • Labo
    • Laguna Volcanic Field
    • Malinao
    • Malinding
    • Makiling
    • Mariveles
    • Masaraga
    • Mayon
    • Natib
    • Patoc
    • Pinatubo
    • Pocdol Mountains
    • Santo Tomas
    • Taal
  • Visayas
    • Biliran
    • Canlaon
    • Panay
  • Mindanao
    • Apo
    • Balatocan
    • Calayo
    • Hibok-hibok
    • Kalatungan
    • Latukan
    • Leonard Range
    • Makaturung
    • Malindang
    • Matumtum
    • Paco
    • Parker
    • Ragang

Réunion

  • Piton de la Fournaise (active)
  • Piton des Neiges (extinct)

Russia

  • Kamchatka
    • Bezymianny
    • Klyuchevskaya Sopka
  • Kurile Islands
    • Atsonopuri
    • Baransky
    • Berutarube
    • Bogotayr Ridge
    • Chirip
    • Chirpoi
    • Demon
    • Golets-Tronyi Group
    • Golovnin
    • Grozny Group
    • Ivao Group
    • Kolokol Group
    • Lvinaya Past
    • Medvezhia
    • Mendeleev
    • Milne
    • Rudakov
    • Smirnov
    • Tiatia
    • Tri Sestry

Rwanda

  • Mount Karisimbi

Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • Mount Misery
  • Nevis Peak
  • The Quill

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Solomon Islands

  • Bagana
  • Balbi
  • Billy Mitchell
  • Kavachi
  • Loloru
  • Nonda
  • Savo
  • Simbo
  • Takuan Group
  • Tore

South Sandwich Islands

Tanzania

Tristan da Cunha

Turkey

Uganda

  • Bufumbira
  • Bunyaruguru Field
  • Fort Portal Field
  • Katunga
  • Katwe-Kikorongo Field
  • Kyatwa Volcanic Field
  • Muhavura

USA

Vanuatu

  • Mount Yasur

Elsewhere in the solar system

Mars

Other planets and moons

  • Many on Io, a moon of the planet Jupiter, that are believed to eject sulfur or possibly sulfur dioxide.
  • Many on Triton, a moon of the planet Neptune, that are believed to eject liquid nitrogen, dust, or methane compounds.

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