List of stratovolcanoes
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A list of stratovolcanoes follows below. The Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program database of geologically recent volcanoes lists over 700 stratovolcanoes.
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Africa
Cameroon
Democratic Republic of Congo
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Tanzania
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
- Mount Pico in Pico Island, Azores
- Teide, Tenerife, Canary Islands
- Cumbre Vieja, Tenerife, Canary Islands
- Mount Fogo in Fogo, Cape Verde
- Green Mountain, Ascension Island
Americas
Caribbean
- La Grande Soufrière on the island of Basse-Terre in Guadaloupe, West Indies[1]
- The Soufriere Hills on the island of Montserrat
- Soufrière (volcano) in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Mount Pelée in Martinique
Central America
Costa Rica
- Arenal in La Fortuna, San Carlos
- Poás in Alajuela
- Turrialba in Turrialba County, Cartago
- Chato in La Fortuna, San Carlos
El Salvador
- Chaparrastique
- Ilamatepec. Recently erupted: October, 2005.
- Chichontepec,
- Guazapa
- Chinameca
- Taburete
Panamá
Guatemala
North America
Mexico
Canada
- Mount Cayley in southwestern British Columbia. See also Mount Cayley volcanic field.
- Mount Garibaldi in southwestern British Columbia
- Hoodoo Mountain in northwestern British Columbia
- Mount Meager in southwestern British Columbia - Produced Canada's youngest major catastrophic eruption
- Mount Price in southwestern British Columbia
- Black Tusk in southwestern British Columbia
- Coquihalla Mountain in southwestern British Columbia
- Mount Edziza in northwestern British Columbia
- Back River volcanic complex in the Northwest Territories
United States
- Lassen Peak in California
- Mount Baker in Washington
- Mount Rainier in Washington
- Mount St. Helens in Washington
- Cleveland volcano in Alaska
- Mount Redoubt in Alaska
- Mount Shishaldin in Alaska
- Mount Akutan in Alaska
- Augustine Volcano, Cook Inlet, Alaska
- Mount Katmai, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska
- Mount Pavlof, Alaska
- Korovin Volcano, Alaska
- Glacier Peak in Washington
- Mount Adams in Washington
- Mount Baker in Washington
- Mount Hood in Oregon
- Mount Jefferson in Oregon
- Mammoth Mountain in California
- Mount Shasta in California
- Mount Vsevidof in Alaska
- South Sister in Oregon
- San Francisco Mountain in Arizona
- Mount Taylor in New Mexico
South America
Chile
- Llaima
- Irruputuncu on the border of Bolivia and Chile
- Ojos del Salado, highest Volcano in the World. It is in the border between Argentina and Chile.
- Villarrica
- Cerro Arenales
- Calbuco
- Callaqui
- Mount Hudson
- Copahue
- Lascar Volcano
- Nevados de Chillán
- Lanín in the border between Argentina and Chile
- Acotango on the border between Bolivia and Chile
- Cerro Solo in Patagonia along the border between Chile and Argentina
- Parinacota, Chile. Erupted April 2008
- Licancabur
- Sierra Nevada
Colombia
Ecuador
- Pichincha Volcano
- Tungurahua
- Sangay
- Reventador
- Chimborazo
- Cotopaxi
- Antisana
- Cayambe
- Corazón
- El Altar
- Carihuairazo
Peru
Antarctica
- Mount Erebus
- Penguin Island
- Mount Bird
- Brown Peak
- Mount Discovery
- Mount Harcourt
- Mount Melbourne
- Mount Morning
- Mount Overlord
Asia
India
- Barren Island (Andaman Islands), the only active volcano in the Indian subcontinent
Indonesia
- Semeru in Java
- Mount Agung in Bali
- Mount Batur in Bali
- Galunggung
- Krakatoa
- Anak Krakatau
- Mount Merapi in Central Java
- Mount Tambora
- Ambang
- Mount Bromo, East Java
- Mount Sinabung, Sumatra
Iran
Japan
North Korea
- Baekdu Mountain, on the border between North Korea and China
Malaysia
Philippines
- Mayon Volcano
- Taal Volcano
- Mount Pinatubo
- Mount Bulusan
- Agrihan in Mariana Islands
- Mount Arayat
- Mount Isarog in Camarines Sur
- Mount Talinis
Russia
- Bezymianny[2]
- Klyuchevskaya Sopka or Kliuchevskoi, Kamchatka Krai, the highest active volcano in Eurasia, erupting since 1697
- Shiveluch, Kamchatka Krai
- Avachinsky, Kamchatka Krai, a Decade Volcano
- Koryaksky,[3] Kamchatka Krai, a Decade Volcano
- Karymsky, Kamchatka Krai
- Mount Elbrus Caucasus
Taiwan
Turkey
Yemen
- Jabal al-Tair island off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea
Europe
Armenia
France
Iceland
- Askja
- Bárðarbunga
- Eyjafjallajökull. Erupted in 2010.
- Hekla
- Kverkfjöll
- Snæfellsjökull
- Öræfajökull
- Kollóttadyngja in North-East Iceland
- Snæfellsjökull
Georgia
Italy
- Mount Etna in Sicily. Recently erupted: April, 2010.
- Mount Vesuvius
- Stromboli
- Vulcano
Norway
- Beerenberg, Jan Mayen, the world's northernmost active volcano
United Kingdom
Oceania
Guam
New Zealand
- Mount Taranaki/Egmont in Egmont National Park in North Island
- Mount Ngauruhoe in North Island
- Mount Ruapehu in Tongariro National Park
- White Island in Bay Of Plenty
- Banks Peninsula, Christchurch, New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
See also
- List of shield volcanoes
- List of cinder cones
- List of lava domes
- List of subglacial volcanoes
- Stratovolcano
- List of currently erupting volcanoes
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