Which Volcanoes Are The Biggest In The World?

Mount Fuji is the highest and most sacred mountain in Japan. It is seen in many Japanese paintings and is a popular image of Japan around the world. It is a dormant volcano. It last erupted in 1707. The largest volcano in the world is in Mauna Loa in Hawaii. It is 30 000 feet from the ocean floor and 60 miles wide at its base. It has erupted 40 times in the last 150 years.

The tallest volcanoes are in Chile, South America. Stromboli in Italy, Yasur in the Pacific Ocean, and Erta'Ale in Africa are volcanoes that are always erupting. Furnace Peak, a volcano in the Indian Ocean has erupted the most times in the 20th century - 80 times since 1900.

The largest volcanic eruption known happened about 75,000 years ago, when the volcano Toba, in Indonesia, blasted into life. The worst eruption in more recent times was that of Tambora, in Indonesia. In 1815, this volcano erupted and killed about 90 000 people.

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