List of Largest Volcanoes In the World
Which is the most active volcano in the world? Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii island comes first in the list of most active volcanoes followed by Mount Etna in Italy.
Candidates can go through the list of largest volcanoes in the world that also highlights the location and heights of the volcanoes along with prominent features of various volcanoes in the world.
Largest Volcanoes In the World Volcanoes in the World Location & Feature Metres Feet Mauna Loa 30085 – Hawaii, U.S.A 9170 30085 Haleakalā 30000 – Hawaii, U.S.A 9144 30000 Teide 24606 – Canary Islands, Spain 7500 24606 Piton des Neiges 23198 – Reunion, France 7071 23199 Argentina/Chile – Highest active volcano on Ojos del Salado Earth 6893 22615 Argentina/Chile – Second highest active Llullaillaco volcano on Earth 6739 22110 Nevado Sajama Bolivia – Highest peak of Bolivia 6542 21463 Chimborazo Ecuador – Farthest point from Earth's centre 6267 20561 Cotopaxi Ecuador – Second highest in Ecuador 5897 19347 Tanzania – Highest volcano outside South Kilimanjaro America; highest peak in Africa 5895 19341 Cayambe Ecuador – Third highest in Ecuador 5790 18996 Russia – Highest volcano in Eurasia; highest Mount Elbrus peak in Russia 5642 18510 Mexico – Highest volcano in North America; Pico de Orizaba highest peak in Mexico 5636 18491 Iran – Highest volcano within Asia; highest Mount Damavand peak in Iran 5610 18406 Mexico – Second highest volcano in North Popocatépetl America 5426 17802 Mexico – Third highest volcano in North Iztaccíhuatl America 5230 17159
Kenya – Second highest volcano in Africa; Mount Kenya highest mountain in Kenya 5199 17057 Turkey/Armenia – Highest mountain in Mount Ararat Turkey 5137 16854 Mount Kazbek Georgia – Highest volcano in Georgia 5047 16558 Mount Bona Alaska – highest volcano in the United States 5005 16421 Klyuchevskaya Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia – highest Sopka active in Eurasia; highest mountain in Siberia 4750 15584 Rwanda/Democratic Republic of Congo – Mount Karisimbi highest mountain in Rwanda 4507 14787 Washington – highest volcano in contiguous Mount Rainier United States 4392 14409 Papua New Guinea – highest volcano in Mount Giluwe Australasia and Pacific islands 4368 14331 Guatemala – highest mountain in Central Volcán Tajumulco America 4220 13845 Hawaii, United States – World's tallest Mauna Kea mountain from base to summit 4205 13796 Mount Sidley Antarctica – Highest volcano in Antarctica 4181 13717 Mount Cameroon Cameroon – highest mountain in Cameroon 4095 13435 Mount Aragats Armenia – highest mountain in Armenia 4095 13435 Sumatra, Indonesia – Highest volcano in Mount Kerinci Indonesia; highest mountain in Sumatra 3805 12484 Chūbu region, Honshū – highest mountain in Mount Fuji Japan 3776 12388 Lombok, Indonesia – Second-highest Mount Rinjani volcano in Indonesia 3726 12224 Tenerife, Canary Islands – highest peak in Teide Atlantic islands and Spain 3718 12198 Semeru Java, Indonesia – highest mountain in Java 3676 12060 Chad – highest mountain in Chad & the Emi Koussi Sahara 3415 11204 Sicily – active; highest volcano in Western Europe; highest peak in Italy south of the Mount Etna Alps 3329 10922 Haleakalā Maui, Hawaii – highest peak of Maui 3055 10023
Mount Agung Bali, Indonesia – highest mountain in Bali 3031 9944 Bioko, Equatorial Guinea – highest mountain Pico Basilé in Equatorial Guinea 3011 9879 Mount Zuqualla Oromia Region – highest volcano in Ethiopia 2989 9806 Mindanao – highest mountain in the Mount Apo Philippines 2954 9692 Mount Shishaldin Unimak Island, Alaska – highest mountain in (Sisquk) Aleutian Islands 2857 9373 North Island – highest volcano in New Mount Ruapehu Zealand 2797 9177 Mawson Peak Heard Island – highest mountain in Australia 2745 9006 Pico Azores – highest mountain in Portugal 2351 7713 Jan Mayen, Norway – highest volcano in Beerenberg Norway 2277 7470 Batangas, Philippines - – Smallest volcano Taal Volcano on earth 311 1020 Pali-Aike volcanic field Argentina–Chile border region 180 591 Reference - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_by_elevation]
Like the largest volcanoes there are about 1500 active volcanoes on earth and most of these are along the Pacific Ring of Fire, Pacific Ocean. Candidates can go through the list of Highest Mountains in the world.
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