Name of Volcano: Avachinsky

Location: Kamchatka, Russia, 53.2550 N, 158.8300 E

Description: Avachinsky (also known as Avacha or Avacha
Volcano or Avachinskaya Sopka) is an active stratovolcano on the Kamchatka
Peninsula in the far east of Russia. It lies within sight of the capital of Kamchatka
Krai,Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Together with neighboring Koryaksky volcano, it has
been designated a Decade Volcano, worthy of particular study in light of its history of
explosive eruptions and proximity to populated areas.
Avachinsky's last eruption occurred in 2001. This eruption was tiny compared to the
volcano's major Volcanic Explosivity Index 4 eruption in 1945.

Name of Volcano: Nevado de Colima / Volcan de Colima

Location: Jalisko and Colima, Mexico, 19.5127 N, 103.6172 W

Description: The Volcn de Colima, also known as Volcn de Fuego is part of the
Colima Volcanic Complex (CVC) consisting of Volcn de Colima, Nevado de
Colima (Spanish pronunciation: [ne'ado de ko'lima] (
listen)) and the eroded "El
Cantaro" (listed as extinct). It is the younger of the three and is currently one of the
most active volcanos in Mexico and in North America. It has erupted more than 40 times
since 1576. One of the largest eruptions was on January 2024, 1913. Nevado de
Colima, also known as Tzapotpetl, lies 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north its more active
neighbor and is the taller of the two at 4,271+ meters (14,015+ ft). It is the 26th most
prominent peak in North America.

Name of Volcano: Mount Etna

Location: Sicily, Italy, 37.7550 N, 14.9950 E
Description: Mount Etna (Italian: Etna, Sicilian: Mungibeddu or a
Muntagna, Latin: Aetna) is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in
the Province of Catania, between Messina and Catania. It lies above the convergent
plate margin between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate. It is the tallest active
volcano on the European continent, currently 3,329 m (10,922 ft) high, though this
varies with summit eruptions. Mount Etna is one of the most active volcanoes in the
world and is in an almost constant state of activity. The fertile volcanic soils support
extensive agriculture, with vineyards and orchards spread across the lower slopes of the
mountain and the broad Plain of Catania to the south.

Name of Volcano: Galeras

Location: Colombia, 1.2167 N, 77.3667 W
Description: Galeras (Urcunina among the 16th-century indigenous people) is
an Andean stratovolcano in the Colombian department ofNario, near the departmental
capital Pasto. Its summit rises 4,276 metres (14,029 ft) above sea level. It has erupted
frequently since the Spanish conquest, with its first historical eruption being recorded
on December 7, 1580. A 1993 eruption killed nine people, including six scientists who
had descended into the volcano's crater to sample gases. It is currently the most active
volcano in Colombia.

Name of Volcano: Mauna Loa

Location: Hawaii, USA, 19.4795 N, 155.6027 W
Description: Mauna Loa (/mn lo./ or /man lo./; Hawaiian: [mun low]) is one of
five volcanoes that form the Island of Hawaiiin the U.S. state of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. Mauna
Loa is the largest subaerial volcano in both mass and volume, and has historically been considered
the largest volcano on Earth. It is an active shield volcano, with a volume estimated at approximately
18,000 cubic miles (75,000 km3),[3] although its peak is about 120 feet (37 m) lower than that of its
neighbor, Mauna Kea. TheHawaiian name "Mauna Loa" means "Long Mountain". Mauna Loa's most
recent eruption occurred from March 24 to April 15, 1984. No recent eruptions of the volcano have
caused fatalities, but eruptions in 1926 and 1950 destroyed villages, and the city of Hilo is partly built
on lava flows from the late 19th century.

Name of Volcano: Mount Merapi

Location: Central Java, Indonesia, 7.5408 S, 110.4448 E
Description: Mount Merapi, Gunung Merapi (literally Fire
Mountain in Indonesian/Javanese), is an active stratovolcano located on the border
between Central Java and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It is the most active volcano in
Indonesia and has erupted regularly since 1548. The mountain was still erupting on
30 November 2010, however due to lowered eruptive activity on 3 December 2010
the official alert status was reduced to level 3. The volcano is now 2930 metres
high, 38 metres lower than before the 2010 eruptions. After a large eruption in 2010
the characteristic of Mount Merapi was changed. On November 18, 2013 Mount
Merapi burst smoke up to 2,000 meters high, one of its first major phreatic
eruptions after the 2010 eruption. Researchers said that this eruption occurred due
to combined effect of hot volcanic gases and abundant rainfall.

Name of Volcano: Mount Nyiragongo

Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1.5167 S, 29.2500 E

Description: Mount Nyiragongo is an active stratovolcano with an elevation of

3470 m (11382 ft) in the Virunga Mountains associated with the Albertine Rift. The
crater presently has two distinct cooled lava benches within the crater walls - one at
about 3,175 metres (10,417 ft) and a lower one at about 2,975 m (9,760 ft).
Nyiragongo's lava lake has at times been the most voluminous known lava lake in
recent history. The depth of the lava lake varies considerably. A maximum elevation of
the lava lake was recorded at about 3,250 m (10,660 ft) prior to the January 1977
eruption - a lake depth of about 600 m (2,000 ft). A recent very low elevation of the lava
lake was recorded at about 2,700 m (8,900 ft).

Name of Volcano: Mount Rainier

Location: Washington, USA, 46.8529 N, 121.7604 W
Description: Mount Rainier (pronounced: /renr/) is the highest mountain in both
the State of Washington and the Cascade Range of thePacific Northwest. It is a large
active stratovolcano located 54 miles (87 km) southeast of Seattle in the state
of Washington, United States. It is the most topographically prominent mountain in
the contiguous United States and the Cascade Volcanic Arc, with a summit elevation
of 14,411 ft (4,392 m). Mt. Rainier is considered one of the most dangerous
volcanoes in the world, and it is on the Decade Volcano list. Because of its large
amount of glacial ice, Mt. Rainier could potentially produce massivelahars that could
threaten the entire Puyallup River valley.

Name of Volcano: Sakurajima

Location: Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, 31.5833 N, 130.6500 E
Description: Sakurajima (lit. "Cherry Island") is an active composite volcano (stratovolcano) and a
former island inKagoshima Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan. The lava flows of the 1914 eruption caused
the former island to be connected with theOsumi Peninsula. The volcanic activity still continues,
dropping large amounts of volcanic ash on the surroundings. Earlier eruptions built the white sands
highlands in the region. As of March 2014, the volcano is under a Level 3 (orange) alert by the Japan
Meteorological Agency, signifying the volcano is active and should not be approached. It is currently
one of three volcanoes with this status.

Name: Santa Maria / Santiaguito

Location: Guatamela, 14.7560 N, 91.5520 W

Description: Santa Mara Volcano is a large active volcano in the western

highlands of Guatemala, in the Quetzaltenango Department near the city
of Quetzaltenango. The volcano was known by Gagxanul in the local K'iche'
language, before the 16th century Spanish Conquest of the region. The eruption of
Santa Mara Volcano in 1902 (VEI 6) was one of the three largest eruptions of the
20th century, after the 1912Novarupta and 1991 Pinatubo eruptions. It is also one
of the five biggest eruptions of the past 200 (and probably 300) years.

Name of Volcano: Santorini Volcano

Location: Cyclades, Greece, 36.4167 N, 25.4333 E
Description: The area of Santorini incorporates a group of islands created by
volcanoes, spanning across Thera, Thirasia, Aspronisi, Palea, and Nea Kameni.
Santorini has erupted many times, with varying degrees of explosivity. There have
been at least twelve large explosive eruptions, of which at least four were calderaforming. The most famous eruption is the Minoan eruption. Eruptive products range
frombasalt all the way to rhyolite, and the rhyolitic products are associated with the
most explosive eruptions.

Name of Volcano: Taal Volcano

Location: Luzon, Philippines, 14.0019 N, 120.9928 E
Description: Taal Volcano is a complex volcano located on the island of Luzon in
the Philippines.[1] It is the second most active volcano in the Philippines with 33
historical eruptions. All of these eruptions are concentrated on Volcano Island, an
island near the middle ofTaal Lake. The lake partially fills Taal Caldera, which was
formed by prehistoric eruptions between 140,000 and 5,380 BP. The volcano had
several violent eruptions in the past causing loss of life in the island and the
populated areas surrounding the lake, with the death toll estimated at around 5,000
to 6,000. Because of its proximity to populated areas and its eruptive history, the
volcano was designated a Decade Volcano, worthy of close study to prevent
future natural disasters.

Name of Volcano: Teide

Location: Canary Islands, Spain, 28.2725 N, 16.6421 W
Description: Mount Teide (Spanish: Pico del Teide, IPA: [piko el teie], "Teide
Peak") is a volcano on Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Its 3,718-metre (12,198 ft)
summit is the highest point in Spain and the highest point above sea level in the
islands of the Atlantic. At 7,500 m (24,600 ft) from its base on the ocean floor, it is
the highest volcano on a volcanic ocean island in the world after Mauna Kea, Mauna
Loa and others in Hawaii. It remains active: its most recent eruption occurred in
1909 from the El Chinyero vent on the northwestern Santiago rift. The United
Nations Committee for Disaster Mitigation designated Teide a Decade
Volcano because of its history of destructive eruptions and its proximity to several
large towns, of which the closest are Garachico, Icod de los Vinos and Puerto de la
Cruz. Teide, Pico Viejoand Montaa Blanca form the Central Volcanic Complex of
Tenerife.

Name of Volcano: Ulawun

Location: New Britain, Papua New Guinea, 5.0500 S, 151.3333 E
Description: Ulawun is a basaltic and andesitic stratovolcano situated on the island
of New Britain, Papua New Guinea, about 130 km southwest of Rabaul. It is the
highest mountain in the Bismarck Archipelago at 2,334 metres (7,657 ft), and one of
the most active volcanoes in Papua New Guinea. The first recorded eruption of
Ulawun was by William Dampier in 1700; there have been 22 recorded eruptions
since the 18th century. Several thousand people live near the volcano.

Name of Volcano: Mount Unzen

Location: Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, 32.7567 N, 130.2944 E
Description: Mount Unzen is an active volcanic group of several
overlapping stratovolcanoes, near the city ofShimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on the
island of Kysh, Japan's southernmost main island. In 1792, the collapse of one of
its several lava domes triggered a megatsunami that killed about 15,000 people in
Japan's worst-ever volcanic-related disaster. The volcano was most recently active
from 1990 to 1995, and a large eruption in 1991 generated a pyroclastic flow that
killed 43 people, including three volcanologists. Currently its highest peaks
are Fugen-dake at 1,359 metres (4,459 ft) and Heisei-shinzan at 1,486 metres

(4,875 ft). The latter emerged during the eruptions of the early, eponymous Heisei
era (1989).

Name of Volcano: Vesuvius

Location: Naples, Italy, 40.8167 N, 14.4333 E
Description: Mount Vesuvius (Italian: Monte Vesuvio, Latin: Mons Vesuvius) is
a stratovolcano in the Gulf of Naples, Italy, about 9 km (5.6 mi) east of Naples and a
short distance from the shore. It is one of several volcanoes which form
the Campanian volcanic arc. Vesuvius consists of a large cone partially encircled by
the steep rim of a summit caldera caused by the collapse of an earlier and originally
much higher structure. Vesuvius has erupted many times since and is the
only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last hundred
years. Today, it is regarded as one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world
because of the population of 3,000,000 people living nearby and its tendency
towards explosive (Plinian) eruptions. It is the most densely populated volcanic
region in the world.