Volcanic group

A volcanic group (or, equivalently, a volcanic complex) is a collection of related volcanoes or volcanic landforms. The term is also used in a different sense when it denotes a suite of associated rock strata largely of volcanic origin; see group (stratigraphy) for details.

Notable volcanic groups

Volcanic GroupLocation
Akan Volcanic Complex Japan
Altiplano-Puna volcanic complex Argentina  Chile  Bolivia
Antillanca Group Chile
Azuma Group Japan
Banda Islands Indonesia
Blake River Megacaldera Complex Canada
Borrowdale Volcanic Group United Kingdom
Carmacks Group Canada
Carrán-Los Venados Chile
Cochiquito Volcanic Group Argentina
Coppermine River Group Canada
Dacht-i-Navar Group Afghanistan
Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group Japan
Duluth Complex United States
Ellesmere Island Volcanics Canada
Fueguino Chile
Galápagos Islands Ecuador
Gambier Group Canada
Hakkōda Mountains Japan
Heard and McDonald Islands Australia
Jemez Mountains United States
Kaiserstuhl Germany
Karpinsky Group Russia
Lomonosov Group Russia
Meager Group Canada
Milbanke Sound Group Canada
Monti della Tolfa Italy
Mount Edziza volcanic complex Canada
Mount Raiden Volcanic Group Japan
Nipesotsu-Maruyama Volcanic Group Japan
Niseko Volcanic Group Japan
Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group Japan
Olkhovy Volcanic Group Russia
Pinacate Peaks Mexico
Pocdol Mountains Philippines
Puyuhuapi (volcanic group) Chile
Rat Islands United States
Shikaribetsu Volcanic Group Japan
Skukum Group Canada
Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group Japan
Spences Bridge Group Canada
Takuan Group Papua New Guinea
Tatun Volcano Group Taiwan
Tokachi Volcanic Group Japan
Tomuraushi Volcanic Group Japan
Tristan da Cunha United Kingdom
Vernadskii Ridge Russia
Vitu Islands Papua New Guinea
Yasawa Group Fiji

See also

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