List of lava domes

Lava domes are common features on volcanoes around the world. Lava domes are known to exist on plate margins as well as in intra-arc hotspots, and on heights above 6000 m and in the sea floor.[1] Individual lava domes and volcanoes featuring lava domes are listed below.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

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## Africa

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### Ethiopia

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* Borawli, Afar Region

## Asia

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### Afghanistan

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Dome or volcano name | Volcanic area | Composition | Last dome eruption
or growth episode

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Dacht-i-Navar Group | Ghanzi region |  |
Vakak Group | Ghanzi region |  |

### Armenia

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* Geghama mountains

### Indonesia

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* Wayang-Windu, Java
* Ranakah, Flores

### Japan

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Mount Tarumae, Japan Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group, Japan

* Mount Keigetsu
* Mount Hokuchin
* Mount Hakuun
* Mount Ryōun
* Mount Kuro
* Shikaribetsu Volcanic Group
* Mount Tarumae, Hokkaidō
* Mount Yoko
* Shinmoedake

### Philippines

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* Musuan Peak, Mindanao, Bukidnon

### Russia

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Ridge of lava domes of Diky Greben complex, Russia

* Diky Greben
* Barkhatnaya Sopka
* Astrid Island[citation needed]:Alaid island?
* Ichinsky \- two domes atop of volcano's somma

### Taiwan

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* Tatun Volcano Group[2]

### Turkey

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* Göllü Dağ

## Europe

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### France

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Puy-de-Dôme, France

* Mont Gerbier de Jonc, Ardèche
* Puy-de-Dôme, Clermont-Ferrand

### Greece

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* Gyali, Dodecanese
* Methana Volcano

### Iceland

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* Torfajökull

### Italy

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* Monte Amiata, Tuscany[3]

### United Kingdom

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* Glynn Hill, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
* Scafell Dacite (including Great Gable), Cumbria, England[4]
* Skerry Fell Fad, Argyll and Bute, Scotland[5]

## North America

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### Canada

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Atwell Peak, British Columbia Dome or volcano name | Volcanic area | Composition | Last dome eruption
or growth episode

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Atwell Peak | Garibaldi Volcanic Belt | Rhyolite | Pleistocene
Cartoona Peak | Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province |  | Miocene
Mount Cayley | Garibaldi Volcanic Belt | Dacite | 200,000 years ago
Ember Ridge | Garibaldi Volcanic Belt | Andesite | Pleistocene-Holocene
Glacier Dome | Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province |  | Pleistocene
Glacier Pikes | Garibaldi Volcanic Belt |  | Pleistocene
Heart Peaks | Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province | Rhyolite | Unknown
IGC Centre | Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province |  | Miocene
Mount Meager massif | Garibaldi Volcanic Belt | Dacite | 2,350 years ago
Mount McNeil | - | Rhyolite | Tertiary
Nanook Dome | Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province | - | Pleistocene
Pharaoh Dome | Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province | - | Pleistocene
Sezill Volcano | Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province | - | Pleistocene
Mount Silverthrone | Garibaldi Volcanic Belt | - | Holocene
Spectrum Dome | Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province | - | Pliocene
Sphinx Dome | Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province | - | Pleistocene
Sturgeon Lake Caldera | Wabigoon greenstone belt | - | Neoarchean
Tadeda Peak | Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province | - | Miocene
The Pyramid | Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province | - | Pleistocene
Triangle Dome | Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province | - | Pleistocene

### Grenada

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* Mount Saint Catherine

### Mexico

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* Huitepec, Chiapas, Mexico
* Las Derrumbadas, Puebla, Mexico
* Popocatepetl, Mexico
* El Chichon, Chiapas, Mexico

### United States

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Black Butte, California Novarupta, Alaska Cinnamon Butte, Oregon Mount Elden, Arizona

* Augustine Volcano, Alaska
* Bare Mountain, Washington
* Big Southern Butte, Idaho
* Bill Williams Mountain, Arizona
* Black Butte, California
* Chaos Crags, California
* Cinnamon Butte, Oregon
* Cline Buttes, Oregon
* Coso Volcanic Field, California
* Glass Mountain, California
* Hager Mountain, Oregon
* Hayrick Butte, Oregon
* Hogg Rock, Oregon
* Kendrick Peak, Arizona
* Lassen Peak, California
* Little Glass Mountain, California
* Mammoth Mountain, California
* Marble Mountain-Trout Creek Hill, Washington
* Middle Butte, Idaho
* Mono–Inyo Craters, California
* Mount Elden, Arizona
* Mount Hannah, California
* Mount Hoffman, California
* Mount Konocti, California
* Mount Mazama, Oregon
* Mullet Island, California
* Newberry Volcano, Oregon
* Novarupta, Alaska
* O'Leary Peak, Arizona
* Obsidian Butte, California
* Panum Crater, California
* Paulina Peak, Oregon
* Powell Buttes, Oregon
* Red Island Volcano, California
* Rock Hill, California
* Salton Buttes, California
* Sitgreaves Mountain, Arizona
* Steamboat Springs, Nevada
* Sugarloaf Peak, Arizona
* Sutter Buttes, California
* Unnamed lava dome under Crater Lake, Oregon
* West Crater, Washington

## South America

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### Argentina

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Dome or volcano name | Volcanic area | Composition | Last dome eruption
or growth episode

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Tipas | Central Volcanic Zone |  |
Trocon | Southern Volcanic Zone | Andesite to Dacite |

### Bolivia

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* Cerro Chascon-Runtu Jarita complex
* Nuevo Mundo volcano

### Chile

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Aerial view of the rhyolitic lava dome of Volcán Chaitén in Chile (2009) Dome or volcano name | Volcanic area | Composition | Last dome eruption
or growth episode

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Cerros de Saltar | Central Volcanic Zone | Dacite | Pliocene
Chaitén | Southern Volcanic Zone | Rhyolite | 2010
Cerro Chao | Central Volcanic Zone | Dacite | Quaternary
Cerro Porquesa | Central Volcanic Zone | Rhyodacite | Pliocene/Pleistocene
Chillahuita | Central Volcanic Zone |  |
Corona Dome Complex | Central Volcanic Zone | Andesite | Quaternary
Cordón Caulle | Southern Volcanic Zone | Rhyodacite to Rhyolite | Holocene
Fueguino | Austral Volcanic Zone |  | Holocene
Lascar | Central Volcanic Zone | Dacite | 2007
Volcán Nuevo | Southern Volcanic Zone | Dacite | 1986
Sollipulli | Southern Volcanic Zone | Andesite to Dacite |
Taapaca | Central Volcanic Zone |  | Holocene

## Oceania

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### New Zealand

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Obsidian veins at Ben Lomond, New Zealand

* Ben Lomond, North Island
* Mount Tarawera, North Island
* Mangere Mountain, North Island

### Australia

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* Prospect Hill, New South Wales

## Extraterrestrial lava domes

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Mons Rümker from Apollo 15

* Mons Rümker, near side of the Moon[6]

## See also

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* List of stratovolcanoes
* List of shield volcanoes
* List of cinder cones

## References

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1. ^ Yoshihiko Goto and Nobutaka Tsuchiya. Morphology and growth style of a Miocene submarine dacite lava dome at Atsumi, northeast Japan. 2004 Elsevier B.V.
2. ^ "Tatun Volcanic Group". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. 2023-10-11. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
3. ^ "Amiata: Synonyms and Subfeatures". Global Volcanism Program. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
4. ^ Geology of England and Wales, pp118ff
5. ^ Upton, B. G. J. (2015). Volcanoes and the Making of Scotland. Dunedin Academic Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1780465418. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
6. ^ Wöhler, C.; Lena, R.; Pau, K. C. (2007). "The Lunar Dome Complex Mons Rümker: Morphometry, Rheology, and Mode of Emplacement" (PDF). Proceedings Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVIII. Retrieved 10 March 2017.