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Pleistocene stratovolcanoes

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Mount Kilimanjaro
mountain massif in Kilimanjaro National Park in Tanzania
Mount Fuji
volcano in Yamanashi and Shizuoka Prefectures, Japan
Mount Etna
active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy
Mount Elbrus
highest mountain of the Caucasus and highest mountain in Europe
Teide
thumb|This 3D panoramic view of Teide was created using Shuttle Radar Topography Mission|SRTM data (160% elevation). Teide () or Mount Teide (, ; 'Peak of Teide') is a volcano on the Spanish island of Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands. Its summit (at ) is the highest point in Spain and the highest of any island in the Atlantic Ocean. Measured from its base on the ocean floor, Teide reaches a total height of , making it the third-tallest volcano in the world; UNESCO and NASA also rank it as Earth's third-tallest volcanic structure. Its elevation above sea level makes Tenerife the tenth-highe
Chimborazo
Chimborazo () is a stratovolcano in Ecuador and the Cordillera Occidental range of the Andes. Its last known eruption is believed to have occurred around AD 550. Although not the tallest mountain in the Andes or on Earth relative to sea level, its summit is the farthest point on Earth's surface from the Earth's center due to its location along the planet's equatorial bulge. Chimborazo's height from sea level is , well below that of Mount Everest at .
Damavand
potentially active stratovolcano and the highest peak in Iran
Merapi
active volcano in Central Java and Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Tambora
stratovolcano on the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia
Popocatépetl
Popocatépetl ( , , ; ) is an active stratovolcano located in the states of Puebla, Morelos, and Mexico in central Mexico. It lies in the eastern half of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. At it is the second highest peak in Mexico, after Citlaltépetl (Pico de Orizaba) at . Popocatépetl is ranked 89th by prominence.
Ojos del Salado
highest volcano in the world
Mount Erebus
volcano on Ross Island, Antarctica
Mount Rainier
stratovolcano in the U.S. state of Washington
Pinatubo
active stratovolcano on the island of Luzon in the Philippines
Mount Aragats
mountain in the Lesser Caucasus
Milos
Milos or Melos (; , ; ) is a volcanic Greek island in the Aegean Sea, just north of the Sea of Crete. It is the southwestern-most of the Cyclades islands.
Citlaltepetl
highest mountain and volcano in Mexico
Ustica
Ustica (; ) is a small Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is about across and is situated north of Capo Gallo, Sicily. Roughly 1,300 people live in the comune (municipality) of the same name. There is a regular ferry service from the island to Palermo in Sicily.
Nevis
Mount Pelée
active stratovolcano
Llullaillaco
Llullaillaco ( or ) is a dormant stratovolcano on the border between Argentina (Salta Province) and Chile (Antofagasta Region). It is part of the Llullaillaco National Park and lies in the Puna de Atacama, a region of tall volcanic peaks on a high plateau close to the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places in the world. Its maximum elevation is most commonly given as , making it the second-highest active volcano in the world. Despite its height, it is not clear whether the volcano has any glaciers or merely patches of perennial snow and ice. Between and elevation there is a sparse plant cove
Mount Ruapehu
active stratovolcano in central North Island, New Zealand
Nevado del Ruiz
volcanic mountain in Colombia
Mount Sinabung
Active volcano in North Sumatra, Indonesia
Mount Erciyes
volcano in Kayseri, Turkey
Nevado Sajama
mountain
Ol Doinyo Lengai
mountain in Tanzania
Snæfellsjökull
Snæfellsjökull (, snow-fell glacier) is a 700,000-year-old glacier-capped stratovolcano in western Iceland. It is situated on the westernmost part of the Snæfellsnes peninsula. Sometimes it may be seen from the city of Reykjavík over Faxa Bay, at a distance of .
Galeras
Galeras (Urcunina among the 16th-century indigenous people) is an Andean stratovolcano in the Colombian department of Nariño, near the departmental capital Pasto. Its summit rises above sea level. It has erupted frequently since the Spanish conquest, with its first historical eruption being recorded on December 7, 1580. A 1993 eruption killed nine people, including six scientists who had descended into the volcano's crater to sample gases and take gravity measurements in an attempt to be able to predict future eruptions. It is currently the most active volcano in Colombia.
Pico do Fogo
active volcano and highest peak of Cape Verde
Avachinsky
Avachinsky (also known as Avacha or Avacha Volcano or Avachinskaya Sopka) () is an active stratovolcano in Russia. It is situated on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East. Avachinsky lies within sight of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the capital of Kamchatka Krai. Together with neighbouring Koryaksky volcano, it is considered a Decade Volcano, worthy of particular study in light of its history of explosive eruptions and proximity to populated areas.
Mount Hood
stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc in Oregon, United States
Alicudi
Alicudi () is the westernmost of the seven islands that make up the Aeolian archipelago, a volcanic island chain north of Sicily. The island is about west of Lipari, has a total area of , and is roughly circular.
Nisyros
Nisyros, also spelled Nisiros (; ), is a volcanic Greek island and municipality located in the Aegean Sea. It is part of the Dodecanese group of islands, situated between the islands of Kos and Tilos.
Parinacota
volcano on the border of Chile and Bolivia
Copahue
Copahue () is a stratovolcano in the Andes on the border of Bío Bío Region, Chile and Neuquén Province, Argentina. There are nine volcanic craters along a line, the easternmost of which is historically the most active, and contains a 300 m (1000 ft) wide crater lake with a pH ranging between 0.18 and 0.30. Eruptions from this crater lake have ejected pyroclastic rocks and chilled liquid sulfur fragments. Although the lake emptied during the 2000 eruption, it later returned to its previous levels. Copahue means "sulphur waters" in Mapuche.
Trindade and Martim Vaz
archipelago in Atlantic belonging to Brazil
Shiveluch
Shiveluch (), also called Sheveluch, which originates from the name "suelich" which means "smoking mountain" in Itelmen, is the northernmost active volcano in Kamchatka Krai, Russia. It and Karymsky are Kamchatka's largest, most active and most continuously erupting volcanoes, as well as one of the most active on the planet. Shiveluch erupts around of magma per year, which causes frequent and large hot avalanches and lava dome formations at the summit. Volcanic ash emissions from this volcano often disrupt air traffic connecting the Asian and North American continents.
Taranaki Maunga
stratovolcano in New Zealand
Filicudi
Filicudi () is one of seven islands that make up the Aeolian archipelago, situated northeast of the island of Sicily, Southern Italy. It is a frazione of the comune of Lipari.
Irazú Volcano
mountain in Costa Rica
Mount Hasan
volcano in Turkey
Villarrica Volcano
Chilean volcano
Mount Tongariro
Compound volcano on the North Island of New Zealand
Sabalan
Sabalan (Persian: سبلان) or Savalan (Azerbaijani: ساوالان ), also known as Sultan Savalan, is an inactive stratovolcano in Iranian Azerbaijan, particularly Ardabil province.
Acotango
Acotango is the central and highest of a group of stratovolcanoes straddling the border of Bolivia and Chile. It is high. The group is known as Kimsa Chata and consists of three mountains: Acotango, Umurata () north of it and Capurata () south of it.
Santa María
active volcano in Guatemala
Volcan Baru
Stratovolcano in Panama
El Chichón
Mexican volcano
Cumbre Vieja
volcano in La Palma, Spain
Mount Adams
Southern Washington stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc
Mount Redoubt
steep-sided volcanic cone about 10 km in diameter at its base
Incahuasi
Incahuasi (; possibly from Quechua: inka Inca, wasi house) is a volcanic mountain in the Andes of South America. It lies on the border of the Catamarca Province of Argentina and the Atacama Region of Chile. Incahuasi has a summit elevation of above sea level.
Mount Bandai
mountain in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Weh Island
island in Sabang City, Aceh Province, Indonesia
Mount Haku
mountain in Ishikawa and Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Nevado de Toluca
stratovolcano located in central Mexico
Lanín
Lanín is an ice-clad, cone-shaped stratovolcano on the border of Argentina and Chile. It forms part of two national parks: Lanín in Argentina and Villarrica in Chile. As a part of the flag and anthem of the Argentine province of Neuquén, it serves as a symbol for the region. Although the date of its last eruption is not known, it is estimated to have occurred within the last 10,000 years. Following the 1906 Valparaíso earthquake a local newspaper reported the volcano to have erupted, but a work published in 1917 by Karl Sapper disputed this.
Tronador
Tronador () is an extinct stratovolcano in the southern Andes, located along the border between Argentina and Chile, near the Argentine city of Bariloche. The mountain was named Tronador (Spanish for "Thunderer") by locals in reference to the sound of falling seracs. With an altitude of , Tronador stands more than 1,000 m above nearby mountains in the Andean massif, making it a popular mountaineering destination. Located inside two national parks, Nahuel Huapi in Argentina and Vicente Pérez Rosales in Chile, Tronador hosts a total of eight glaciers, which are currently retreating due to warmin
Mount Süphan
volcano in Turkey