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Gran Canaria
One of the main islands of the Canary archipelago
Pantelleria
Pantelleria (; ), known in ancient times as Cossyra or Cossura, is an Italian island and comune in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, southwest of Sicily and east of the Tunisian coast. On clear days Tunisia is visible from the island. Administratively Pantelleria's comune belongs to the Sicilian province of Trapani.
Fuerteventura
Fuerteventura () is one of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, geographically part of Macaronesia, and politically part of Spain. It is located away from the coast of North Africa. The island was declared a biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 2009.
Kīlauea
Kīlauea ( , ) is an active shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands. It is located along the southeastern shore of Hawaii Island. The volcano is between 210,000 and 280,000 years old and grew above sea level about 100,000 years ago. Since the islands were settled, it has been the most active of the five volcanoes that together form the island and among the most active volcanoes on Earth. The most recent eruption began in December 2024, with episodic lava fountains and flows continuing into 2026.
Kama‘ehuakanaloa Seamount
undersea mountain in Hawaii, United States
Pululagua
Pululahua is a dormant volcano in the north of Quito Canton, Pichincha Province, Ecuador. The volcano is in the Western Cordillera of the northern Ecuadorian Andes, approximately west-southwest of Mojanda and north of Casitahua volcanoes. Pululahua's caldera is approximately 5 km wide.The volcano is within an Ecuadorian national park known as Reserva Geobotánica Pululahua.
Asacha
Asacha () is a complex volcano located in the southern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.
Monte Nuovo
mountain
Bridgeman Island
one of the South Shetland Islands in Antarctica
Zona Volcànica de la Garrotxa Natural Park
natural park in Catalonia, Spain
Uratman
Uratman () is a somma volcano located at the northern end of Simushir Island, Kuril Islands, Russia. It consists of a Pleistocene caldera which contains an andesite cone of Holocene age. The caldera is exposed to the ocean, forming Brouton Bay.
Keli Highland
Volcanic field
Atakor
volcanic field and central massif of the Hoggar in Algeria
Mount Edziza volcanic complex
mountain in Canada
Montsacopa volcano
mountain in Spain
Harrat Rahat
mountain in Saudi Arabia
Snæfell
mountain in Iceland, Austurland
Tolmachev Dol
mountain in Russia
Harrat Khaybar
volcanic field in the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia
Tsiteli Khati
mountain in Georgia
Jom-Bolok volcanic field
volcanic field in Russia
Vernadsky Ridge
mountain range on Paramushir, Kuril Islands, Russia
The Table
mountain in British Columbia, Canada
Balagan-Tas
Balagan-Tas (, ) is a cinder cone volcano in Russia. It was discovered by V.A. Zimin in 1939 and is one of the main features of Moma Natural Park.
Tilocálar
Tilocálar is a group of volcanoes south of the Salar de Atacama, in Chile. It developed during the Pleistocene and consists of a small lava dome, two vents with numerous thick lava flows that reach lengths of several kilometres, and an explosion crater that was mistaken for an impact crater in the past. There are similar volcanoes nearby.
Ivao Group
mountains in Russia
Opal Cone
mountain in Canada
Pali-Aike Volcanic Field
Volcanic Field of Chile and Argentina
Manzaz volcanic field
volcanic field in Algeria
Kostakan
Kostakan () is a north-south trending chain of cinder cones located in the southern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.
Cinder Cone
mountain in British Columbia, Canada
Campo de Calatrava
volcanic field in Spain
Crow Lagoon
volcanic lagoon in British Columbia, Canada
Palinuro Seamount
submarine volcano
Resago
Resago is a cinder cone in the Linares Province of Chile.
Ice Peak
mountain in British Columbia, Canada
Veiðivötn
left|thumb|Grænavatn ("green lake"). left|thumb|Hnausapollur . Veiðivötn (, "fishing lakes") is a volcanic lake region in the Highlands of central Iceland, where approximately 50 lakes fill two rows of fissure vents.
Purupuruni
Purupuruni is a group of lava domes in southern Peru and a correlative geological formation. They are among the many volcanoes that exist in Peru and whose activity has been associated with the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South America Plate. Purupuruni is associated with a geothermal field and a caldera. Volcanic activity occurred during the Pleistocene 53,000 ± 8,000 years ago but also during the Holocene about 5,300 ± 1,100 years ago; today the volcano is considered to be a low hazard volcano but is being monitored nevertheless.
Alligator Lake volcanic complex
mountain
Mount Kaukab
A mountain in the Al-Hasakah Governorate of northeastern Syria
The Ash Pit
mountain in Canada
Aluchin
volcano in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia