List of lava domes

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.

Aerial view of the rhyolitic lava dome of Volcán Chaitén in Chile (2009)
Puy-de-Dôme, France
Obsidian veins at Ben Lomond, New Zealand

Africa

Ethiopia

Asia

Afghanistan

Dome or volcano nameVolcanic areaCompositionLast dome eruption
or growth episode
Dacht-i-Navar GroupGhanzi region
Vakak GroupGhanzi region

Armenia

  • Geghama mountains

Indonesia

Japan

Philippines

Russia

Turkey

Europe

France

Greece

North America

Canada

Dome or volcano nameVolcanic areaCompositionLast dome eruption
or growth episode
Atwell PeakGaribaldi Volcanic BeltRhyolitePleistocene
Cartoona PeakNorthern Cordilleran Volcanic ProvinceMiocene
Mount CayleyGaribaldi Volcanic BeltDacite200,000 years ago
Ember RidgeGaribaldi Volcanic BeltAndesitePleistocene-Holocene
Glacier DomeNorthern Cordilleran Volcanic ProvincePleistocene
Glacier PikesGaribaldi Volcanic BeltPleistocene
Heart PeaksNorthern Cordilleran Volcanic ProvinceRhyoliteUnknown
IGC CentreNorthern Cordilleran Volcanic ProvinceMiocene
Mount Meager massifGaribaldi Volcanic BeltDacite2,350 years ago
Mount McNeil-RhyoliteTertiary
Nanook DomeNorthern Cordilleran Volcanic Province-Pleistocene
Pharaoh DomeNorthern Cordilleran Volcanic Province-Pleistocene
Sezill VolcanoNorthern Cordilleran Volcanic Province-Pleistocene
Mount SilverthroneGaribaldi Volcanic Belt-Holocene
Spectrum DomeNorthern Cordilleran Volcanic Province-Pliocene
Sphinx DomeNorthern Cordilleran Volcanic Province-Pleistocene
Sturgeon Lake CalderaWabigoon greenstone belt-Neoarchean
Tadeda PeakNorthern Cordilleran Volcanic Province-Miocene
The PyramidNorthern Cordilleran Volcanic Province-Pleistocene
Triangle DomeNorthern Cordilleran Volcanic Province-Pleistocene

Grenada

Mexico

United States

South America

Argentina

Dome or volcano nameVolcanic areaCompositionLast dome eruption
or growth episode
TipasCentral Volcanic Zone
TroconSouthern Volcanic ZoneAndesite to Dacite

Bolivia

Chile

Dome or volcano nameVolcanic areaCompositionLast dome eruption
or growth episode
Cerros de SaltarCentral Volcanic ZoneDacitePliocene
ChaiténSouthern Volcanic ZoneRhyolite2010
Cerro ChaoCentral Volcanic ZoneDaciteQuaternary
Cerro PorquesaCentral Volcanic ZoneRhyodacitePliocene/Pleistocene
ChillahuitaCentral Volcanic Zone
Corona Dome ComplexCentral Volcanic ZoneAndesiteQuaternary
Cordón CaulleSouthern Volcanic ZoneRhyodacite to RhyoliteHolocene
FueguinoAustral Volcanic ZoneHolocene
LascarCentral Volcanic ZoneDacite2007
Volcán NuevoSouthern Volcanic ZoneDacite1986
SollipulliSouthern Volcanic ZoneAndesite to Dacite
TaapacaCentral Volcanic ZoneHolocene

Oceania

New Zealand

Australia

Extraterrestrial lava domes

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See also

References

  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. 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.
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