Does Great Britain have any volcanoes in its country?

Answer 1

There used to be volcanoes in England, somewhat up to 300 million years ago, but there aren't any active volcanoes in England anymore. There is evidence of there being volcanoes in the Pennines mountain range, due to being based on a collision plate boundary at the time of its formation and the igneous rock generally found over the areas such as basalt, granite and pummice.

Answer 2

There are no active volcanoes in England or the rest of Britain but there are said to be many extinct. For example parts of the Lake District are said to sit on Extinct volcanoes but both Scientist's and BGS say there is no chance of it becoming active once again.

Answer 3

There are no active volcanoes in the UK. There are however the volcanic rocks from events that occurred in the distant geological past on differing time scales from tens to hundreds of millions of years ago.

Answer 4

Hi, yes and no

No. there are not any active volcanoes any more

Yes. There is clear evidence of Britain's volcanic past. This was about 115 Ma (million years) ago. Anywhere that is granite can be said to be linked to volcanic activity. A very clear photographic example of a collapsed volcano is on the Ardnamurchan peninsula in Scotland (see related links at bottom of page for a link). Stirling and Edinburgh Castles are the 'stubs' of ancient volcanoes left after erosion has decayed the 'softer' rocks away. Bodmin Moor and Dartmoor are also ancient volcanic regions.

Answer 5

Britain does not have any volcanic activity at the present time and is not likely to become actively volcanic in the near future. Britain is now far from the continental margins and rifts where volcano's are common.

However the landscape of Britain is dotted with long extinct volcanoes. The Scottish capital Edinburgh is built on an extinct volcano called Arthur's Seat. The mountains of north Wales are the remains of a huge volcanic plateau and there are volcanic rocks distributed throughout the British Isles. Even some of the Chalk of Southern England is now considered to be volcanic ash deposits.

Answer 6

There are no active volcanoes found in England. There are a number of long since extinct volcanic remnants however. For example in the Lake District (the Borrowdale volcanics and Shap granites being two examples) and the significant granitic intrusions in Devon and Cornwall.

The most recent volcanism in England occurred in the early Paleogene around 50 to 54 million years ago. During this period the volcanic Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel was formed.

Answer 7

no there isn't.

Answer 8

There are no active volcanoes in the UK.

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

no