- Source: List of shield volcanoes
This list of shield volcanoes includes active, dormant and extinct shield volcanoes.
Shield volcanoes are one of the three types of volcanoes. They have a short cone shape, and have basaltic lava which means the lava has low viscosity (viscosity is a measure of the ability for a liquid to flow)
Active
= Canada
=Lava plateau of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex (British Columbia, Canada)
= Ecuador
=Alcedo, Isabella Island, Galápagos Islands
La Cumbre, Fernandina Island, Galápagos Islands
Sierra Negra, Isabella Island, Galápagos Islands
Cerro Azul, Isabella Island, Galápagos Islands
Wolf, Isabella Island, Galápagos Islands
Marchena, Marchena Island, Galápagos Islands
Darwin, Darwin Island, Galápagos Islands
Galápagos Rift, Galápagos Islands
= Other
=Barrier (Kenya)
Bottom half of Mount Erebus (Ross Dependency, Antarctica)
Erta Ale (Ethiopia)
Bottom half of Mount Etna (Sicily, Italy)
Mount Wrangell (Alaska)
Mount Karthala (Comoros)
Namarunu (Kenya)
Niuafo'ou (Tonga)
Mount Nyamuragira (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Piton de la Fournaise (Réunion, France)
Masaya Volcano, Nicaragua
Kīlauea, Hawaii, US
Mauna Loa, Hawaii
Mount Halla (Jeju Island, South Korea)
Mascarin Peak (Marion Island,South Africa)
Dormant
= Canada
=Heart Peaks
Itcha Range (British Columbia, Canada)
Lava plateau of Level Mountain (British Columbia, Canada)
= United States
=Arlington Cone (Arizona)
Belknap Crater (Oregon)
Gillespie Volcano (Arizona)
Haleakalā (Maui)
Hell's Half Acre (Idaho)
House Mountain (Arizona)
Hualālai (Hawaii)
Indian Heaven (Washington)
Larch Mountain (Oregon)
Mauna Kea (Hawaii)
Medicine Lake Volcano (California)
Newberry Volcano (Oregon)
Pelican Butte (Oregon)
Shoshone Lava Field (Idaho)
The Three Sisters (Oregon)
Wapi Lava Field (Idaho)
= Costa Rica
=Tilarán
= Kenya
=Mount Marsabit
Menengai
= Other
=La Grille (Comoros)
Mt. Bar le Duc (Mauritius)
Queen Mary's Peak (South Atlantic Ocean)
Rangitoto Island (New Zealand)
Santorini (Greece)
São Tomé (São Tomé and Príncipe, Atlantic Ocean)
Skjaldbreiður (Iceland)
Kollóttadyngja (Iceland)
Trölladyngja (Iceland)
Mount Takahe (Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica)
Taveuni (Fiji)
Karaca Dağ (Turkey)
Extinct
= Antarctica
=Mount Andrus
Mount Berlin
Mount Moulton
Mount Sidley (Marie Byrd Land)
Mount Terror (Ross Dependency)
= Other
=Ball's Pyramid of Australia is a volcanic plug, or an erosional remnant of a shield volcano.
Banks Peninsula (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Bermuda Pedestal (Bermuda, United Kingdom)
Dunedin Volcano (Dunedin, New Zealand)
Kohala (Hawaii, United States)
Kookooligit Mountains (St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, United States)
Mormon Mountain (Arizona, United States)
House Mountain (Arizona, United States)
Hackberry Mountain (Arizona, United States)
Lord Howe Island, (Australia)
Piton des Neiges (Réunion, France)
Poike (Easter Island, Chile)
Pūhāhonu, Hawaii – the largest shield volcano on Earth by volume
Rano Kau (Easter Island, Chile)
Slieve Gullion (Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)
Terevaka (Easter Island, Chile)
Topo Volcano, Azores, Portugal
Tweed Volcano, Australia
Mount Charter, Australia
Mount Tor, Australia
Mount Julia, Australia
Mount Cripps, Australia
Verkhovoy (Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.)
Other planets and satellites
= Mars & Venus
=Alba Mons
Olympus Mons
Arsia Mons
Ascraeus Mons
Pavonis Mons
Syrtis Major Planum
Maat Mons
Theia Mons
Io
Io, a moon of Jupiter, has several volcanoes that spew sulphur. Some of these include Pele and Tohil Mons.
Pyroclastic shields
= Bolivia
=Sacabaya
Tata Sabaya
= Nicaragua
=Apoyeque
Masaya
= Papua New Guinea
=Rabaul, New Britain
= Other
=Ambrym, Vanuatu
Purico Complex, Chile
See also
List of stratovolcanoes
List of subglacial volcanoes
List of cinder cones
List of lava domes
Shield volcano
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Mauna Kea
- Daftar Pokémon generasi I
- Daftar wilayah dalam Sistem Taman Nasional Amerika Serikat
- Garis waktu peristiwa jauh di masa depan
- List of shield volcanoes
- Lists of volcanoes
- Active volcano
- List of volcanoes in Mexico
- List of volcanoes in Indonesia
- List of volcanoes in Australia
- Evolution of Hawaiian volcanoes
- List of subglacial volcanoes
- List of extraterrestrial volcanoes
- List of cinder cones
