GK Question: List of Volcanoes in the World
1.
Mount
Ararat: Turkey/Armenia – The highest mountain in Turkey
2.
Mount
Aragats: Armenia – highest mountain in Armenia
3.
Mount
Apo: Mindanao
– highest mountain in the Philippines
4.
Mount
Agung: Bali,
Indonesia – highest mountain in Bali
5.
Mawson
Peak: Heard
Island – the highest mountain in Australia
6.
Mauna
Loa: Hawaii,
U.S.A
7.
Mauna
Kea: Hawaii,
United States – World’s tallest mountain from base to summit
8.
Llullaillaco: Argentina/Chile –
Second highest active volcano on Earth
9.
Klyuchevskaya
Sopka: The
Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia – highest active in Eurasia; the highest mountain
in Siberia
10. Kilimanjaro: Tanzania – Highest volcano outside
South America; the highest peak in Africa
11. Iztaccíhuatl: Mexico – Third
highest volcano in North America
12. Haleakala: Maui, Hawaii – the highest peak of Maui
13. Haleakala: Hawaii, U.S.A
14. Emi Koussi: Chad – the highest mountain in Chad
& the Sahara
15. Cotopaxi: Ecuador – Second highest in Ecuador
16. Chimborazo: Ecuador – Farthest point from Earth’s
centre
17. Cayambe: Ecuador – Third highest in Ecuador
18. Beerenberg: Jan Mayen, Norway – highest volcano in
Norway
19. Volcan Tajumulco: Guatemala –
highest mountain in Central America
20. Teide: Tenerife, Canary Islands – the highest
peak in the Atlantic Islands and Spain
21. Teide: Canary Islands, Spain
22. Taal Volcano: Batangas,
Philippines – – Smallest volcano on earth
23. Semeru: Java, Indonesia – highest mountain in
Java
24. Popocatepetl: Mexico – Second
highest volcano in North America
25. Piton des Neiges: Reunion, France
26. Pico: Azores – highest mountain in Portugal
27. Pico de Orizaba: Mexico – Highest
volcano in North America; the highest peak in Mexico
28. Pico Basilé: Bioko, Equatorial Guinea – the highest
mountain in Equatorial Guinea
29. Pali-Aike volcanic field: Argentina–Chile
border region
30. Ojos del Salado: Argentina/Chile –
Highest active volcano on Earth
31. Nevado Sajama: Bolivia – The
highest peak of Bolivia
32. Mount Zuqualla: Oromia Region –
highest volcano in Ethiopia
33. Mount Sidley: Antarctica –
Highest volcano in Antarctica
34. Mount Shishaldin (Sisquk): Unimak Island,
Alaska – highest mountain in the Aleutian Islands
35. Mount Ruapehu: North Island –
highest volcano in New Zealand
36. Mount Rinjani: Lombok, Indonesia
– Second-highest volcano in Indonesia
37. Mount Rainier: Washington –
highest volcano in the contiguous United States
38. Mount Kerinci: Sumatra, Indonesia
– Highest volcano in Indonesia; the highest mountain in Sumatra
39. Mount Kenya: Kenya – Second highest volcano in
Africa; the highest mountain in Kenya
40. Mount Kazbek: Georgia – Highest
volcano in Georgia
41. Mount Karisimbi: Rwanda/Democratic
Republic of Congo – highest mountain in Rwanda
42. Mount Giluwe: Papua New Guinea –
highest volcano in Australasia and Pacific islands
43. Mount Fuji: Chūbu Region, Honshū – highest mountain
in Japan
44. Mount Etna: Sicily – active; highest volcano in
Western Europe; the highest peak in Italy south of the Alps
45. Mount Elbrus: Russia – Highest
volcano in Eurasia; the highest peak in Russia
46. Mount Damavand: Iran – Highest
volcano within Asia; the highest peak in Iran
47. Mount Cameroon: Cameroon – highest
mountain in Cameroon
48. Mount Bona: Alaska – highest volcano in the United
States