Tuesday 24 August 2010
1. Mount Bromo, East Java: One of the most visited tourist attraction is east Java is Gunung Bromo which is still an active volcano situated at 2,329 meters. What makes it spectacular is the greenery around the volcano which is very picturesque.
2. Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica: One of the youngest active volcano of the world Volcán Arenal is located 56 miles from San Jose. This volcano offers breathtaking views from the far outside. Tabacon which was a small town near this volcano was destroyed in 1968′s eruption.
3. Mount Yasur, Vanuatu: One of the most easily accessed volcano’s in the world, Mount Yasur is situated on Tanna Islands with an average height of 362 meters. Best thing about this volcano is that you can take a look at the center of this valcano’s fire belly.
4. Mount Etna, Sicily: Located in east coast of Sicily, Mount Etna is the second largest active volcano in Europe, currently standing 3,329 meters high, though this varies with summit eruptions.
5. Cotopaxi, Quito: One of the highest active volcano, Cotopaxi is 5,897 meter high with equatorial glacier. It has seen more than 50 eruptions since 1738 which poses great danger of ice flow from the glacier.
6. Krakatoa, Indonesia: Krakatoa (Gunung Krakatau) is a volcanic island between Java and Sumatra. The eruption of mount Krakatoa in August 26-27 in 1883 was among the most violent volcanic events in modern and recorded history. The eruption was equivalent to 200 megatons of TNT—about 13,000 times the nuclear yield of the atomic bomb that devastated Hiroshima.
7. Kilauea, Hawaii: One of the lowest and flat shielded and active volcano in the world, Kilauea has seen more than 33 eruptions since 1952.
8. Mount Fuji, Japan: Mount Fuji is one of the most popular volcano of Japan and the world which has very symmetrical cones. It is one of the popular trekking destination where more than 30 thousand people climb every year.
9. Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest peak in entire Africa which is over 5892 meter high. Famous for it’s snow capped mountain which looms over plains of Savannah.
10. Osorno Volcano, Chile: Osornos is also knows as symbol of local landscape which somewhat resembles Mount Fuji. Being amongst the most active volcanoes in Chile Volcán Osorno is a 2,652 meter tall conical stratovolcano.
Bonus:
1. Mayon Volcano, Phillepines: Mayon Volcano, also known as Mount Mayon, is an active stratovolcano in the province of Albay, in the Bicol Region, on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines. Renowned as the “perfect cone” because of its almost perfect conical shape, Mayon is situated 15 kilometres northwest of Legazpi City. Lately, Mayon’s status level has been changed to Alert Level 4 because of an increasing lava flow in the southern portion of the volcano and an increase in sulphur dioxide emission to 750 tonnes per day.
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So beautiful….so potentially deadly. I’m glad we don’t have any volcanoes in Canada. I’d love to see one, though.
i think mayon volcanoe should be included on the list for its almost perfect cone
bybi dejau, visuose buvau ir nieko gero… man labiau patinka piliakalniai…
i think, mt mayon of the philippines should be on top of the list, it is regarded as the most perfect cone shaped active volcano in the world. heard that from cnn just this week, cause its having some mild lava flows lately.
oh man, although i agree with some of your top lists, im not sure if you haven’t heard of Mt.Mayon from Philippines. It is considered the most beautiful coned shaped volcano around the world, even though it has erupted 40 time over in 400 hundred years, it has maintained its perfect conical shaped. please research thoroughly next time, although this is your own top lists, i still believe Mt.Mayon should be there.
and to add, Mt.Mayon is expected to erupt, its having mild lava flows.
I have added Mr. Mayon in my list but the above 10 were the finalist which are very popular in the west. Call it my ignorance but now Mt. Mayon is in my list. Thanks @american diety, @Mt.Mayon for their inputs.
This volcano is very beautiful and around the volcano is so many town and villages. I was there in 1980 or so when the volcano erupted and so many tourist are watching every day and night. Below of the volcano is a tourist atraction on the summer time. There are hot spring close by and a Geothermal Plant operated by NAPOCOR. Come and visit the volcano and buy
some nice products around Mount Mayon Volcano, go to hot spring and visit the Geothermal Plant of NAPOCOR
its so beautiful our volcano here in the philippine the mayon volcano its so beautiful
this volcanoes are dangerous they kill us ash and rooks and they take away homes
Mt. Mayon is by far more beautiful than any other volcano in that list. Yes, people should do their research first, validate their findings, and double-check the facts before releasing the official information. Mt. Mayon is even described as majestic. Even us, people from the Bicol Region, who grew up there, are still in awe by its beauty and majesty and its perfect cone.
mt.Bromo is the beatiful volcano