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World map of active volcanoes and plate boundaries Kīlauea's lava entering the sea Lava flows at Holuhraun, Iceland, September 2014. An active volcano is a volcano that has erupted during the Holocene (the current geologic epoch that began approximately 11,700 years ago), is currently erupting, or has the potential to erupt in the future. [1]
Active volcanoes such as Stromboli, Mount Etna and Kīlauea do not appear on this list, but some back-arc basin volcanoes that generated calderas do appear. Some dangerous volcanoes in "populated areas" appear many times: Santorini six times, and Yellowstone hotspot 21 times.
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Volcanoes that were active in the Holocene Epoch (approximately 11,700 years ago to the present day), in the Quaternary Period of the Cenozoic Era. Active and dormant volcanoes of the Holocene epoch are in Category: Active volcanoes and Category: Dormant volcanoes .
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A.D. 79: Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Mount Vesuvius has erupted eight times in the last 17,000 years, most recently in 1944, but the big one was in A.D. 17. One of the most violent eruptions in history ...
Volcanoes grouped or listed by geochronology, i.e. by when they were active. Volcanoes have been erupting in some form throughout Earth's history. Volcanoes have been erupting in some form throughout Earth's history.
Volcanism grouped or listed by geochronology — when they were active. Volcanoes have been erupting in some form throughout Earth's history. Volcanoes have been erupting in some form throughout Earth's history.