Volcanoes
WorldPhysical EnvironmentTime series map animation showing locations of significant volcanic eruptions from 1800 to 2019. Use timeline controls at bottom of the map to display data by time period.
NOAAA world map showing volcanoes active between 1800 and 2020. Volcanoes are scattered globally, with notable concentrations in the western US, Mexico, Central America, the Andes, the Mediterranean, East Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Ring of Fire.
Cleveland | Hood | Hualalai | Kilauea | Mauna Loa | Novarupta | Okmok | Redoubt | Shishaldin | Spurr | St. Helens | Vsevidof | Westdahl | Yellowstone | Tropical rain forest (Af) | Tropical monsoon (Am) | Tropical savanna (Aw) | Tropical, subtropical hot desert (BWh) | Midlatitude cold desert (BWk) | Tropical, subtropical hot steppe (BSh) | Midlatitude cold steppe (BSk) | Humid subtropical moist all year, hot summer (Cfa) | Marine West Coast (Cfb, Cfc) | Mediterranean (Csa, Csb) | Humid continental, hot summers (Dfa, Dwa, Dsa) | Humid continental, mild summers (Dfb, Dwb, Dsb) | Subarctic, cool summer (Dfc, Dwc, Dsc) | Tundra (ET) | Value | Ultisols | Aridisols | Histosols | Entisols | Rocky Land | Alfisols | Spodosols | Gelisols | Inceptisols | Andisols | Vertisols | Mollisols | Ice/Glacier | |
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| 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.90% | 4.19% | 1.68% | 17.2% | 2.57% | 9.24% | 20.9% | 55.8% | 0.656% | 11.0% | 16.7% | 25.1% | 45.5% | 11.1% | 29.2% | 9.16% | 4.00% | 5.44% | 0.754% | 6.87% | 5.89% | 3.80% | 7.01% | 1.28% | 2.72% | 23.6% | 5.25% | ||