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List of lava domes

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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.

Africa

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Ethiopia

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the mount Ammar

Asia

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Afghanistan

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Dome or volcano name Volcanic area Composition Last dome eruption
or growth episode
Dacht-i-Navar Group Ghanzi region
Vakak Group Ghanzi region

Armenia

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Indonesia

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Japan

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Mount Tarumae, Japan
Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group, Japan

Philippines

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Russia

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Ridge of lava domes of Diky Greben complex, Russia

Taiwan

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Turkey

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Europe

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France

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Puy-de-Dôme, France

Greece

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Iceland

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Italy

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United Kingdom

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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
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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Mexico

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United States

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

South America

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Argentina

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Dome or volcano name Volcanic area Composition Last dome eruption
or growth episode
Tipas Central Volcanic Zone
Trocon Southern Volcanic Zone Andesite to Dacite

Bolivia

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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
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

Australia

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Extraterrestrial lava domes

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Mons Rümker from Apollo 15

See also

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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.