Explore notable active volcanoes around the world on this interactive volcano map. Filter by volcano type, click any pin for its status, elevation and history, and follow the links to learn more. The clustering of pins reveals the Ring of Fire at a glance.
Each pin marks a notable volcano, colored by its volcano type. Use the buttons above to show or hide types — for example, isolate the purple calderas to see the locations of potential large eruptions, or the red stratovolcanoes that dominate subduction zones. Zoom in and clusters split into individual volcanoes; click any pin for details.
Notice how pins concentrate around the rim of the Pacific. About 75% of the world's active volcanoes sit on the Ring of Fire, where tectonic plates collide at subduction zones. Mid-plate chains like Hawaii sit over hotspots instead, while Iceland straddles a mid-ocean ridge. Understanding these settings explains the whole map.
The list below mirrors the map pins. It includes history-making volcanoes like Vesuvius, Krakatoa and Tambora, frequently active ones like Etna and Sakurajima, and accessible destinations covered in our volcano tourism guide.
Fed the 2014–15 Holuhraun fissure, Iceland's largest lava flow in 230 years.
Status: Active · Elevation: 2,009 m
Learn more →A restless caldera west of Naples capable of very large eruptions; ground uplift and earthquake swarms since 2005, last eruption 1538.
Status: Active (bradyseism unrest; M4.7 quake 31 Jul 2026) · Elevation: 458 m
Learn more →A glaciated Andean giant with serious lahar potential near Quito.
Status: Active · Elevation: 5,897 m
Learn more →Its 85-day Tajogaite eruption in 2021 destroyed more than a thousand buildings on La Palma.
Status: Active (last eruption 2021) · Elevation: 1,949 m
Learn more →A remote shield volcano hosting a long-lived lava lake in the Danakil.
Status: Active (lava lake) · Elevation: 613 m
Learn more →Its 2010 ash plume led to the cancellation of about 100,000 flights across Europe.
Status: Active (last eruption 2010) · Elevation: 1,651 m
Learn more →Its 2021–2023 fissure eruptions reawakened the Reykjanes Peninsula after ~800 years.
Status: Active (eruptions 2021, 2022, 2023) · Elevation: 385 m
Learn more →One of Colombia's most active volcanoes, looming over the city of Pasto.
Status: Active · Elevation: 4,276 m
Learn more →Medieval Icelanders called it the 'Gateway to Hell' for its violent eruptions.
Status: Active (last eruption 2000) · Elevation: 1,491 m
Learn more →Its 2022 blast produced the tallest plume ever recorded (~57 km).
Status: Active (mostly submarine)
Learn more →Known for violent, sudden eruptions and a hazardous crater lake.
Status: Active · Elevation: 1,731 m
Learn more →The highest active volcano in Eurasia, on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Status: Erupting (frequent) · Elevation: 4,754 m
Learn more →The 1883 Krakatau tsunamis killed ~36,000 people; Anak Krakatau's 2018 flank collapse caused another deadly tsunami.
Status: Active · Elevation: 157 m
Learn more →One of the most active volcanoes on Earth; episodic lava fountains in Halemaʻumaʻu since December 2024 and the destructive 2018 lower Puna eruption.
Status: Erupting (summit episodes since Dec 2024; as of Oct 2026) · Elevation: 1,222 m
Learn more →The largest active volcano on Earth, built from countless thin basaltic flows.
Status: Active (last erupted 2022) · Elevation: 4,169 m
Learn more →Famed for its near-perfect symmetrical cone and frequent activity.
Status: Erupting (frequent) · Elevation: 2,462 m
Learn more →One of the world's largest calderas, with an active central cone.
Status: Erupting (frequent) · Elevation: 1,592 m
Learn more →An iconic sunrise destination within the Tengger caldera.
Status: Active · Elevation: 2,329 m
Learn more →The world's southernmost active volcano, with a persistent lava lake.
Status: Active (lava lake) · Elevation: 3,794 m
Learn more →Europe's largest and most active volcano; several paroxysms and flank lava flows in 2026. Summit height changes with activity (about 3,300–3,400 m).
Status: Active (frequent paroxysms; quiet as of 4 Oct 2026) · Elevation: 3,320 m
Learn more →Japan's highest peak and most famous dormant cone; a major summer climb.
Status: Active (quiet since 1707) · Elevation: 3,776 m
Learn more →Africa's highest peak, a dormant stratovolcano draped in shrinking glaciers.
Status: Dormant · Elevation: 5,895 m
Learn more →One of Indonesia's most active and dangerous volcanoes, near Yogyakarta.
Status: Erupting (frequent) · Elevation: 2,910 m
Learn more →Its 2014 phreatic eruption killed 63 hikers with almost no warning.
Status: Active · Elevation: 3,067 m
Learn more →Its 1902 pyroclastic flow killed ~28,000 in Saint-Pierre in minutes.
Status: Active · Elevation: 1,397 m
Learn more →Its 1991 VEI 6 eruption cooled the planet by ~0.5 °C; evacuation saved thousands of lives.
Status: Active (quiet) · Elevation: 1,486 m
Learn more →A glaciated giant whose greatest threat is lahars reaching populated valleys.
Status: Active (lahar risk) · Elevation: 4,392 m
Learn more →Its crater lake has produced deadly lahars across rail and road routes.
Status: Active (crater lake) · Elevation: 2,797 m
Learn more →Its 1980 lateral blast (VEI 5) is the best-studied eruption in history.
Status: Active · Elevation: 2,549 m
Learn more →Its 1815 VEI 7 eruption caused the global 'Year Without a Summer.'
Status: Active · Elevation: 2,850 m
Learn more →Spain's highest peak and a hugely popular national park.
Status: Active (dormant; last eruption on Tenerife 1909) · Elevation: 3,715 m
Learn more →Buried Pompeii in AD 79; some 3 million people now live in its shadow.
Status: Active (quiet since 1944) · Elevation: 1,281 m
Learn more →A small 1985 eruption sent lahars that killed ~23,000 at Armero.
Status: Active · Elevation: 5,279 m
Learn more →Its unusually fluid lava can race toward the city of Goma.
Status: Active (lava lake) · Elevation: 3,470 m
Learn more →The only volcano on Earth that erupts cool, black natrocarbonatite lava.
Status: Active · Elevation: 2,962 m
Learn more →An accessible, frequently active volcano popular with visitors.
Status: Erupting (frequent) · Elevation: 2,552 m
Learn more →Famously grew from a cornfield in 1943, letting scientists watch a volcano born.
Status: Inactive (erupted 1943–52) · Elevation: 2,800 m
Learn more →An active giant within sight of Mexico City and millions of people.
Status: Erupting (frequent) · Elevation: 5,393 m
Learn more →Produces hundreds of Vulcanian explosions a year above the city of Kagoshima.
Status: Erupting (very frequent) · Elevation: 1,117 m
Learn more →The Late Bronze Age (Minoan) caldera eruption reshaped the island; Nea Kameni last erupted in 1950.
Status: Active (last eruption 1950) · Elevation: 130 m
Learn more →Eruptions since 1995 buried the capital, Plymouth, and split the island.
Status: Active · Elevation: 915 m
Learn more →The 'Lighthouse of the Mediterranean,' erupting almost continuously for 2,000+ years.
Status: Erupting (persistent) · Elevation: 924 m
Learn more →Repeated fissure eruptions near Grindavík and the Blue Lagoon; magma keeps accumulating beneath Svartsengi.
Status: Active (9 eruptions Dec 2023–Aug 2025; uplift continuing, as of 30 Sep 2026)
Learn more →A complex caldera volcano whose 2020 eruption forced mass evacuations.
Status: Active · Elevation: 311 m
Learn more →Holds one of the world's few persistent lava lakes; a guided climb destination.
Status: Active (lava lake) · Elevation: 2,847 m
Learn more →Its 2018 eruption produced deadly pyroclastic flows near Antigua.
Status: Erupting (frequent) · Elevation: 3,763 m
Learn more →The island that gave us the word 'volcano' and the name of Vulcanian eruptions.
Status: Active (fumarolic; last eruption 1888–90) · Elevation: 500 m
Learn more →A 2019 eruption killed 22 people who were on the crater floor during elevated alert.
Status: Active · Elevation: 321 m
Learn more →A continental hotspot supervolcano; annual eruption odds about 1 in 730,000.
Status: Active (no eruption forecast) · Elevation: 2,805 m
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