This list of shield volcanoes includes active, dormant and extinct shield volcanoes. Shield volcanoes are one of the three types[specify] 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 edit
Canada edit
- Lava plateau of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex[1] (British Columbia, Canada)
Ecuador edit
- Alcedo Volcano
- La Cumbre, Galápagos Islands
- Sierra Negra, Galápagos Islands
- Cerro Azul, Galápagos Islands
- Fernandina Island, Galápagos Islands
Other edit
- Barrier[2] (Kenya)
- Bottom half of Mount Erebus (Ross Dependency, Antarctica)
- Erta Ale[3] (Ethiopia)
- Bottom half of Mount Etna (Sicily, Italy)
- Mount Wrangell (Alaska)
- Mount Karthala[4] (Comoros)
- Namarunu[5] (Kenya)
- Niuafo'ou (Tonga)
- Mount Nyamuragira[6] (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 edit
Canada edit
- Heart Peaks
- Itcha Range[7] (British Columbia, Canada)
- Lava plateau of Level Mountain[1] (British Columbia, Canada)
United States edit
- 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 edit
Kenya edit
Other edit
- La Grille[10] (Comoros)
- Queen Mary's Peak[11] (South Atlantic Ocean)
- Rangitoto Island[12] (New Zealand)
- Santorini[13] (Greece)
- São Tomé[14] (São Tomé and Príncipe, Atlantic Ocean)
- Skjaldbreiður (Iceland)[15]
- Kollóttadyngja (Iceland)
- Trölladyngja (Iceland)
- Mount Takahe[16] (Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica)
- Taveuni[17] (Fiji)
- Karaca Dağ[18] (Turkey)
Extinct edit
Antarctica edit
- Mount Andrus
- Mount Berlin
- Mount Moulton
- Mount Sidley (Marie Byrd Land)
- Mount Terror (Ross Dependency)
Other edit
- 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)
- Lord Howe Island, (Australia)
- Piton des Neiges (Réunion, France)
- Poike (Easter Island, Chile)
- Rano Kau (Easter Island, Chile)
- Slieve Gullion (Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)[19]
- 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 edit
Mars & Venus edit
- 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 edit
Bolivia edit
Nicaragua edit
Papua New Guinea edit
Other edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Wood, Charles A.; Kienle, Jürgen (1990). Volcanoes of North America: United States and Canada. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. pp. 124–126. ISBN 0-521-43811-X. OCLC 27910629.
- ^ "The Barrier". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ "Erta Ale". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ "Karthala". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ "Namarunu". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ "Nyamulagira". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2009-05-29
- ^ "Marsabit". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ "Menengai". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ "La Grille". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ "Tristan da Cunha". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ "Auckland Volcanic Field". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ "Santorini". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ "Sao Tome". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ "Prestahnukur". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ "Takahe". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ "Taveuni". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ "Karaca Dag". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ Journal of Earth Sciences Royal Dublin Society. 1982.