What volcanoes are active in the United States?

Emily Frum

Dear Emily,

Many of the active volcanoes are listed on the homepage's of the Cascade Volcano Observatory and the Alaska Volcano Observatory.

For a comprehensive list see Simkin and Siebert's Volcanoes of the World or Wood and Kienle's Volcanoes of North America.

Steve Mattox, University of North Dakota

Sources of information:

Simkin, T., and Siebert, L., 1994, Volcanoes of the world: Geoscience Press, Tucson, Arizona, 349 p.

Wood, C.A., and Kienle, J., 1993, Volcanoes of North America: Cambridge University Press, New York, 354 p.


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