Active volcanoes Active volcanoes Monowai is a volcanic seamount to the north of New Zealand. The last recorded eruption took place in 2003. ...more on Wikipedia about "Monowai Seamount"
Mount Agung (Gunung Agung) is the most sacred mountain in Bali. At 3,142m above sea level, this stratovolcano is the highest point on the island. It last erupted in 1963-64 and the lava flows missed, sometimes by mere yards, the Mother Temple of Besakih, which is located on the slopes of this important mountain. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Agung"
Mount Akutan also referred to as Akutan Peak is a mountain in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Akutan"
The undissected stratovolcano of Amukta volcano makes up most of nearly circular, 7.7-km-wide Amukta Island. The cone, about 5.8 km in basal diameter and topped by a 0.4 km wide summit crater, appears on synthetic-aperture radar imagery to be built upon a 300+ meter high, east-west trending arcuate ridge. Extensions of that ridge on the southwest and east sides of the island indicate an older caldera approximately 6 km in diameter and open to the sea on the south side. No hot springs or fumaroles have been reported from Amukta. Sekora (1973, p. 29) reports the presence of a cinder cone near the northeastern shore of the island. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Amukta"
Mount Aniakchak is a caldera (about 10 km in diameter) located in the Aleutian Range of Alaska, United States. The area around the volcano is the Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, maintained by the National Park Service. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Aniakchak"
Mount Asama (also known as Asama-yama) (浅間山) is an active volcano on central Honshu, the main island of Japan, on the border between Gunma and Nagano prefectures. Mt. Asama stands 2,568 m above sea level. It erupted most recently on September 1, 2004. Previous noteworthy eruptions occurred in 685, 1108, 1783, and 1972; lesser activity has been recorded on dozens of occasions. The eastern slope has a volcano observation station run by Tokyo University. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Asama"
Korovin Volcano is the highest point on Atka Island, in the Aleutian Islands chain, Alaska, USA. Korovin is a side vent to the main Atka shield volcano. However, Korovin is the highest point on the island. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Atka"
The historically active Mount Batur (Gunung Batur) is located at the center of two concentric calderas north west of Mount Agung, Bali, Indonesia. The south east side of the larger 10×13 km caldera contains a caldera lake. The inner 7.5-kilometer-wide caldera, which was formed during emplacement of the Bali (or Ubud) ignimbrite, has been dated at about 23,670 and 28,500 years ago (Wheller 1986, Sutawidjaja et al. 1992). ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Batur"
Mount Bromo (also known as Tengger Caldera) is one of the most popular tourist attractions in East Java, Indonesia. It is an active volcano and part of the Tengger massif, and even though with 2329m it is not the highest peak of the massif, it is the most known one. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Bromo"
Mount Cameroon (also known as Cameroon Mountain or Fako) is an active volcano in Cameroon, near the Gulf of Guinea and is part of a general area of volcanic activity the Cameroon Volcanic Line, which also includes Lake Nyos, the site of the 1986 Lake Nyos tragedy. The volcano last erupted on March 28, 1999 and May 28, 2000. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Cameroon"
Mount Chiginagak is a mountain in Alaska. Chiginagak is an Eskimo name published in 1888 by the USBF. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Chiginagak"
Mount Cleveland is a mountain that forms the western half of Chuginadak Island in the central Aleutian Islands of Alaska. This symmetrical stratovolcano has been the site of numerous eruptions in the last two centuries; the most recent eruption occurred in 1994. In 1944, a U.S. Army serviceman was reportedly killed by an eruption from Mount Cleveland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Cleveland (Alaska)"
Mount Erebus in Antarctica is the southernmost active volcano on Earth. 3794 metres (12,448 ft) high, it is located on Ross Island, which is also home to three inactive volcanoes, notably Mt. Terror. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Erebus"
Mount Etna (also known locally as Muncibeddhu or simply iddhu ('him', as in the mountain) in Sicilian) is an active volcano on the east coast of Sicily, close to Messina and Catania. It is the largest volcano in Europe, currently standing about 3,320 m (10,900 ft) high, though it should be noted that this varies with eruptions; the mountain is 170 ft (51 m) lower now than it was in 1865. It is the highest mountain in Italy south of the Alps. Etna covers an area of 460 square miles (1190 km²) with a basal circumference of 140 km. This makes it by far the largest of the three active volcanos in Italy, being nearly three times the height of the next largest, Mount Vesuvius. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Etna" Everybody should like www.shortopedia.com Active_volcanoes
Mount Hudson (locally known as Cerro Hudson) is a stratovolcano in southern Chile, and the site of one of the largest eruptions in the twentieth century. The mountain itself is covered by a glacier. There is a caldera at the summit from an ancient eruption; modern volcanic activity comes from inside the caldera. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Hudson"
Mount Kanaga is located about 25 km (16 mi) west of the U.S. Navy installation and port on Adak Island in the Aleutian Islands. The volcano erupted intermittently through much of 1994, dusting the community of Adak at least once with fine ash. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Kanaga"
The Karthala is an active volcano on Grand Comore island, the highest point of the Comoros. On April 17, 2005, it erupted, forcing hundreds of villagers to flee. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Karthala"
Mount Katmai is a large stratovolcano about 10 km in diameter with a central lake-filled caldera about 4.5 by 3 km in area. The caldera rim has a maximum elevation of 2247 m and in 1975 the lake surface was at an elevation of about 1286 m. The estimated elevation of the caldera floor is about 1036 m. The volcano is one of five vents encircling the Novarupta dome, source of the voluminous pyroclastic flows erupted in 1912. It consists chiefly of lava flows, pyroclastic rocks, and non-welded to agglutinated air fall. The Quaternary volcanic rocks at Katmai and adjacent cones are less than 1500 m thick. Much of the volcano is mantled by snow and ice and several valley glaciers radiate out from the flanks and three glaciers originating from the upper caldera walls descend into the crater to the lake. Katmai volcano is built on the sedimentary rocks of the Naknek Formation of Late Jurassic age, which are exposed just west of the caldera rim at an elevation of about 1520 m, as well as north and southeast of the crater. Sedimentary rocks have been reported at an elevation of over 1800 m in the west wall of the caldera and near the bottom of the eastern wall (1036 m). ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Katmai"
Mount Kerinci (also spelled "Kerintji", among several other ways, and referred to as Gunung Kerinci, Gadang, Berapi Kurinci, Kerinchi, Korinci, or Peak of Indrapura as well) is the highest volcano in Indonesia, and the highest peak in Sumatra. It is located in the west central part of the island, in the Pegunungan Basin, near the west coast, and is about 130 km (80 mi) south of Padang. It is the most prominent feature of the terrain of Kerinci Seblat National Park, with pine-forested slopes rising 2,400-3,300 meters above the surrounding basin, and a cone 13 km wide and 25 km long at the base, elongated in the north-south direction. At the summit there is a deep 600-m wide crater, often partially filled with green-yellow water. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Kerinci"
Mount Lamington is an andesitic stratovolcano in the Oro Province of Papua New Guinea. Prior to the devastating eruption in 1951, the forested peak had not been recognized as a volcano. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Lamington"
Marapi (also known as Merapi or Berapi) is a volcano in West Sumatra, Indonesia. Its name means Mountain of Fire, and it is the most active volcano in Sumatra. It is very close to the city of Bukittinggi. Its elevation is 2,891.3 m (9,485.9 ft). ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Marapi"
Mount Martin is a stratovolcano, located on the Alaska Peninsula, United States. It is one of the volcanoes in the vicinity of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. Although an eruption in 1953 is now considered questionable and no other confirmed eruptive activity has taken place at Mount Martin, there is intense fumarolic activity within its summit crater. The summit crater is also breached to the southeast. The 300 m (984 ft)-wide summit crater is often ice-free due to the geothermal heat and contains an intermittent acidic crater lake. The fumaroles in the summit crater produce extensive sulfur deposits. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Martin (Alaska)"
Mount Merapi is a mountain in Central Java, Indonesia. It is the most active volcano in Indonesia and has erupted 68 times since 1548. Its name means Mountain of Fire. It is very close to the city of Yogyakarta, and thousands of people live on the flanks of the volcano, with villages as high as 1700m above sea level. In light of the hazards it poses to populated areas, it has been designated a Decade Volcano. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Merapi, Central Java"
Mount Ngauruhoe is an active stratovolcano in New Zealand. It is the youngest vent and highest peak in the Tongariro volcanic complex on the Central Plateau of the North Island, and first erupted about 2,500 years ago. Although seen by most as a volcano in its own right, it is technically a secondary cone of Mount Tongariro. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Ngauruhoe"
Mount Nyamuragira is an active volcano in the Virunga Mountains of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, situated about 25km north of Lake Kivu. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Nyamuragira"
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