Volcanoes of the World
Every volcano known to have erupted in the last 12,000 years — together they trace the seams of the planet.
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About this globe
Every volcano known to have erupted in the last 12,000 years, from the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program — each dot is one volcano. The chains of dots are subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives beneath another.
Indonesia, Japan, and the Andes light up; so does Iceland, sitting astride the mid-Atlantic ridge.
How the data was captured
Compiled by the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program from field geology, historical records, and radiocarbon dating — evidence of every eruption in the last 12,000 years, gathered over decades of scholarship.
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