Largest Volcanoes In The World

A volcano is a rupture in the outermost shell of planet of a large astronomical body , such as Earth, that allows hot lava, Volcanic ash , and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates are diverging , and most of them are found in underwater.

For example, a Mid-ocean ridge, such as the Mid-atlantic ridge, has volcanoes caused by divergent tectonic plates whereas the Pacific Ring of Fire has volcanoes caused by convergent tectonic plates. Volcanoes can also form where there is stretching and thinning of the crust's plates.

Most Active Volcanoe in the World: Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii island is the most active volcanoes followed by Mount Etna in Italy. 

List of Largest Volcanoes in the World

Here you can check the largest volcanoe in the world along with their location, feature and Hieght in m/feet.

S. No	Name of the Volcanoes	Location	Feature	Metre	Feet
1.	Kilimanjaro	Tanzania	Highest volcano outside South America and  highest peak in Africa	5895	19341
2.	Cotopaxi	Ecuador	Second highest in Ecuador	5897	19347
3.	Chimborazo	Ecuador	Farthest point from Earth’s centre
4.	Nevado Sajama	Bolivia	The highest peak of Bolivia	6542	21463
5.	Llullaillaco	Argentina/Chile	Second highest active volcano on Earth	6739	22110
6.	Ojos del Salado	Argentina/Chile	Highest active volcano on Earth	6839	22615
7.	Piton des Neiges	Piton des Neiges		7071	23199
8.	Teide	Canary Islands, Spain		7500	24606
9.	Haleakalā	Hawaii, U.S.A		9144	30000
10.	Mauna Loa	Hawaii, U.S.A		9170	30085
11.	Cayambe	Ecuador	Third highest in Ecuador	5790	18996
12.	Mount Elbrus	Russia	Highest volcano in Eurasia and the highest peak in Russia	5642	18510
13.	Pico de Orizaba	Mexico	Highest volcano in North America and the highest peak in Mexico	5636	18491
14.	Mount Damavand	Iran	Highest volcano within Asia and the highest peak in Iran	5610	18406
15.	Popocatépetl	Mexico	Second highest volcano in North America	5426	17802
16.	Iztaccíhuatl	Mexico	Third highest volcano in North America	5230	17159
17.	Mount Kenya	Kenya	Second highest volcano in Africa and  the highest mountain in Kenya	5199	17057
18.	Mount Ararat	Turkey/Armenia	The highest mountain in Turkey	5137	16854
19.	Mount Kazbek	Georgia	Highest volcano in Georgia	5047	16558
20.	Mount Bona	Alaska	highest volcano in the United Stat	5005	16421
21.	Teide	Tenerife, Canary Islands	the highest peak in the Atlantic Islands and Spain	3718	12198
22.	Mount Rinjani	Lombok, Indonesia	Second-highest volcano in Indonesia	3726	12224
23.	Mount Fuji	Chūbu Region, Honshū	highest mountain in Japan	3776	12338
24.	Mount Kerinci	Sumatra, Indonesia	Highest volcano in Indonesia and the highest mountain in Sumatra	3805	12484
25.	Mount Aragats	Armenia	highest mountain in Armenia	4095	13435
26.	Mount Cameroon	Cameroon	highest mountain in Cameroon	4095	13435
27.	Mount Sidley	Antarctica	Highest volcano in Antarctica	4181	13717
28.	Mauna Kea	Hawaii, United States	World’s tallest mountain from base to summit	4205	13796
29.	Volcán Tajumulco	Guatemala	highest mountain in Central America	4220	13845
30.	Mount Giluwe	Papua New Guinea	highest volcano in Australasia and Pacific islands	4368	14331
31.	Mount Rainier	Washington	highest volcano in the contiguous United States	4392	14409
32.	Mount Karisimbi	Rwanda/Democratic Republic of Congo	highest mountain in Rwanda	4507	14787
33.	Klyuchevskaya Sopka	The Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia	highest active in Eurasia and the highest mountain in Siberia	4750	15584
34.	Semeru	Java, Indonesia	highest mountain in Java	3676	12060
35.	Emi Koussi	Chad	the highest mountain in Chad & the Sahara	3415	11204
36.	Mount Etna	Sicily	active; highest volcano in Western Europe; the highest peak in Italy south of the Alps	3329	10922
37.	Haleakalā	Maui, Hawaii	the highest peak of Maui	3055	10023
38.	Mount Agung	Bali, Indonesia	highest mountain in Bali	3031	9944
39.	Pico Basilé	Bioko, Equatorial Guinea	the highest mountain in Equatorial Guinea	3011	9879
40.	Mount Zuqualla	Oromia Region	highest volcano in Ethiopia	2989	9806
41.	Pali-Aike volcanic field	Argentina	Chile border region	180	591
42.	Taal Volcano	Batangas, Philippines	Smallest volcano on earth	311	1020
43.	Beerenberg	Jan Mayen, Norway	highest volcano in Norway	2277	7470
44.	Pico	Azores	highest mountain in Portugal	2351	7713
45.	Mawson Peak	Heard Island	the highest mountain in Australia	2745	9006
46.	Mount Ruapehu	North Island	highest volcano in New Zealand	2797	9177
47.	Mount Shishaldin (Sisquk)	Unimak Island, Alaska	highest mountain in the Aleutian Islands	2797	9177
48.	Mount Apo	Mindanao	highest mountain in the Philippines	2954	9692