Geography

The mountains are together classified as one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains and are commonly referred to as Mount Hakkōda (八甲田山, Hakkōda-san) or simply…

Jarvis Island (/ˈdʒɑːrvɪs/; formerly known as Bunker Island or Bunker’s Shoal), also known as Bunker Island, Volunteer Island, Jervis Island, or Brook Island, is a…

Howland Island (/ˈhaʊlənd/), previously Worth Island, is a coral atoll in the United States’ unorganized territory. It’s an uninhabited coral island in the central Pacific…

Mount Cleveland, also known as the Cleveland Volcano, is one of the most active volcanoes in the Aleutian Island arc’s core region. It’s a fairly…

Gran Sasso d’Italia (Italian: ɡran ˈsasso diˈtaːlja; lit. ’Great Rock of Italy‘), is a mountain range in the Abruzzi geographic region of central Italy that stretches…

Along the Chile-Argentina border, the world’s tallest active volcano, Nevados Ojos del Salado, rises to 6,893 meters (22,615 feet). At roughly 7,000 meters (23,000 feet),…

The majority of the world’s greatest features are so easily visible that they have been known and recognized for centuries; Tamu Massif is a submerged…

Shield volcanoes are the largest in terms of volume, and their diameter can range from tens to hundreds of kilometers. It is generated by the…

Under an average of 8,500 feet (2,600 meters) of water, the most productive volcanic systems on Earth are hidden. Underwater vents or fissures in the…

Mauna Loa (/ˌmɔːnə ˈloʊ.ə/ or /ˌmaʊnə ˈloʊ.ə/; Hawaiian: ˈmɐwnə ˈlowə; English: Long Mountain) is the world’s largest active volcano. It is the classic shield volcano,…

Mauna Kea (/ˌmɔːnə ˈkeɪ.ə/ or /ˌmaʊnə ˈkeɪ.ə/, Hawaiian: ˈmɐwnə ˈkɛjə) is a dormant volcano located on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. It is the tallest…

Nishi-no-Shima (Japanese: 西之島, “western island”), a volcanic island in the Ogasawara Arc about 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo, Japan, erupted above sea level in November…