# The most famous volcanoes in the world

The volcanoes that made history, through their eruptions or their beauty: from the Vesuvius that buried Pompeii to Popocatépetl, Teide and Kilauea. Which would you like to see?

- 1 vote · 21 items
- Feb 22, 2025 · alejandra_internauta
- https://even.best/en/l/1696/the-most-famous-volcanoes-in-the-world

## Top 21

1. **Mount Vesuvius** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Italy. Its eruption in AD 79 buried Pompeii and Herculaneum.
2. **Krakatoa** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Indonesia. The 1883 explosion was heard thousands of kilometres away.
3. **Mount St. Helens** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — United States. Its side collapsed in the eruption of 18 May 1980.
4. **Mount Etna** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sicily. Europe's highest active volcano and one of the most active in the world.
5. **Kīlauea** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hawaii. Its rivers of lava flow all the way to the sea.
6. **Mount Fuji** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Japan. A national symbol; its last eruption was in 1707.
7. **Popocatépetl** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mexico. "Don Goyo", one of the country's most active volcanoes, visible from the capital.
8. **Eyjafjallajökull** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Iceland. Its ash cloud grounded European air traffic in 2010.
9. **Mount Tambora** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Indonesia. The largest recorded eruption, in 1815, caused "the year without a summer".
10. **Mount Pinatubo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Philippines. Its 1991 eruption cooled the climate of the whole planet.
11. **Mauna Loa** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hawaii. The largest active volcano on Earth by volume.
12. **Mount Kilimanjaro** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tanzania. Africa's roof is a dormant volcano with snowcapped peaks.
13. **Mount Teide** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tenerife. Spain's highest peak, at 3,718 metres.
14. **Cotopaxi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ecuador. One of the world's highest active volcanoes, with its perfect cone.
15. **Yellowstone Caldera** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — United States. A supervolcano beneath the national park of geysers.
16. **Nevado del Ruiz** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Colombia. Its 1985 eruption caused the Armero tragedy.
17. **Mount Pelée** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Martinique. In 1902 it destroyed the town of Saint-Pierre.
18. **Mount Erebus** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Antarctica. The southernmost active volcano, with a lava lake.
19. **Villarrica** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Chile. One of the few volcanoes in the world with a lava lake in its crater.
20. **Cumbre Vieja** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — La Palma. Its 2021 eruption lasted 85 days and buried over a thousand buildings.
21. **Stromboli** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Italy. The "Lighthouse of the Mediterranean", erupting almost constantly.

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