Volcanoes of the World
Holocene volcanoes with type, height, status and last eruption.
Maps the world’s Holocene volcanoes from the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program with type, elevation, tectonic setting and last known eruption, highlights volcanoes active now from NASA EONET, and finds the volcanoes nearest to any site.
Overview
Filter by volcano type, region or last eruption, and colour the map by type or by recency. The nearest-volcano search ranks volcanoes by distance from your site, a first screen for volcanic hazard and for ash-fall planning.
What you enter · What you get
What you enter
- Filters: type, region, last eruption
- Site for nearest-volcano search
What you get
- Volcano map with details
- Currently active volcanoes
- Counts by type and region
- Nearest volcanoes and distances
How it works in the field
Method and equations
Data
Volcano list from the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program (Volcanoes of the World) via its web feature service, with a bundled copy of the NOAA NCEI volcano locations as a fallback. Current activity from NASA EONET.
Who uses it
Standards and references
- Global Volcanism Program (2024). Volcanoes of the World (v. 5.2). Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2024.5.2
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Volcano Location Database.
- NASA EONET v3, Volcanoes category.
At a glance
- Category
- Natural hazards
- Runs on
- Phone, tablet and desktop browser
- Export
- CSV, GeoJSON
- Access
- Subscribers
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