Mt. Kilauea

• Hawaii

• Shield Volcano

• Active

• Hot Spot

• Continuous since 1983

• Kilauea means “spewing”

• 4,000 ft

Location19.425 N 155.292 W

Elev. Above Sea Level1,277 m4,190 ft

Area1,430 km2

552 mi2(13.7% of Hawai`i)

Volume25,000-35,000 km3

6,000-8,500 mi3

Mt. St. Helens

• Washington U.S.A• Composite Volcano• Last major eruption 1980• Killed 57 people• Active volcano small eruptions over the

past 4 years• Blew away the side of a volcano• 8,300 ft.• Convergent Boundary

Vesuvius

• Italy

• 79 AD eruption that buried the city of pompeii

• 1631 and 1944

• Composite Volcano

• Dormant

• 4,000 ft.

Fuji

• Japan

• Dormant

• 1708

• Convergent boundary (ocean – ocean)

• Highest mountain in Japan

• 12,300 ft.

• Composite

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/FujiSunriseKawaguchiko2025WP.jpg

Krakatoa• Indonesia

• 1883

• 13,000 hiroshima bombs

• Heard 2,000 mi. away in Australia

• 36,417 people died 165 towns and villages destroyed

• Composite Volcano (Strato)

• 2700 ft.

• Dormant

Mt. Etna

• Italy (Sicily)

• Largest volcano in Europe

• Composite Volcano

• 2007 last eruption 2002 last major eruption

• Active Volcano

• 11,000 ft.

• Convergent

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Etna_eruption_seen_from_the_International_Space_Station.jpg

Hekla

• Iceland

• Composite Volcano

• Most recent eruption 2000

• Active

• Divergent Boundary

• 4800 ft.

Mauna Loa

• Hawaii

• Earth’s largest volcano

• 56,000 ft (13,800 ft above sea level)

• 1984 most recent eruption

• Dormant/Active

• Hot spot

• Shield Volcano

Mt. Mazama

• Oregon USA

• 5677 B.C. eruption 42 times more explosive than Mt. St. Helens in 1980

• Produced Crater Lake

• Last eruption 2000 B.C.

• Convergent

• Composite/Caldera

• Extinct

Stromboli

• Italy

• Composite Volcano

• Active (last eruption 2002)

• Largest eruption 1930

• Convergent

• 3,000-4,000 ft.

Yellowstone

• Wyoming

• Shield/Caldera

• Hot spot

• Last Erupted over 600,000 years ago

• Dormant

• Supervolcano

Mt. Pinatubo

• Indonesia

• June 1991

• Composite

• Convergent Boundary

Mt. Pelee

• Caribbean Sea (Martinique)• 1902 major eruption killed 26,000 – 36,000

people and destroyed the city of Saint Pierre• Last eruption 1932• Dormant• Convergent Boundary (Island Arc)• 4,500 ft• Composite

Mt. Popocatepetl

• Mexico

• Composite

• 17,800 ft

• Convergent Boundary

• 2008 most recent eruption

• Active

Mt. Tambora

• Java, Indonesia

• 1815 (1816 year without a summer)

• Composite

• Convergent

• 8,900 ft

• 1967 last eruption

Sakurajima

• Southern Tip of Japan

• Composite

• Convergent Boundary (Ring of Fire)

• Last Eruption 2008

• Last major eruption was 1914

• 3,665 ft.

Cotopaxi

• Ecuador

• 19,300 ft

• Composite

• Most recent eruption was 1940

• Convergent Boundary

Mt. Picanose