Volcano Table Below is an alphabetical list of all volcanoes with additional content on VW. Click a volcano name to visit its page. For an exhaustive list of volcanoes that have erupted in the …

Volcanoes have killed thousands of people and caused some of the most frightening events in human history. This site includes information about volcanoes, their activity, and how they …

ImageThe Laki eruption lasted eight months during which time about 14 cubic km of basaltic lava and some tephra were erupted. Haze from the eruption was reported from Iceland to Syria. In …

Volcano World is a higher education, k-12, and public outreach project of the Oregon Space Grant Consortium administered through the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at …

The word volcano is derived from the name of the ancient Roman island of Vulcano which lies off the southwest coast of Italy. The Romans believed that Vulcan, the god of fire and the maker …

Remember that all of the numbers of deaths listed here are best guesses; various books give different numbers. This list is based on data in Volcanic Hazards: A Sourcebook on the Effects …

Mount Fuji is the archetype of the stratovolcano and probably rivals Vesuvius for the best-know volcano. The volcano rises about 3,500 m above the surrounding plain.

Mauna Loa is in the shield-building stage and is one of the most active volcanoes on Earth, erupting 15 times since 1900. The last eruption was in 1984 and sent lavas within 4 miles (6.5 …

It also has a wide range of other volcanic features. These include large volcanic cones, unusual patera structures, mare-like volcanic plains, and a number of other smaller features.

What comes out of a volcano? Lost of different things come out of a volcano when it erupts depending on what kind of eruption it is. If it is a shield volcano like we have here in Hawai'i, …