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Top 10 Tallest

Name:
1. Ojos del Salado
2. Nacimiento de Jaguel
3. Cerro Negro
4. Llullaillaco
5. Nevado de Tres Cruces
6. Veladero
7. Tipas
8. Nevado de Incahuasi
9. Sajama
10. Cerro el Condor
 
Height(m):
1. 6887
2. 6858
3. 6800
4. 6793
5. 6788
6. 6741
7. 6660
8. 6610
9. 6542
10. 6532
Location:
1. Chile
2. Andes
3. Andes
4. Chile
5. Andes
6. Andes
7. Argentina
8. Andes
9. Andes
10. Argentina


 

 

 

Top 10 Most Active

Name:
1. Etna
2. Stromboli
3. Yasur
4. Ambrym
5. Tinakula
6. Erta Ale
7. Manam
8. Langila
9. Bagana
10. Semeru
 
Continuous Eruptions
1. 3500 years (1496 B.C.E. to present)
2. 2000 years (4C.E. to present)
3. 800 years (1204 to present)
4. 69 years (1935-present)
5. 53 years (1951-present)
6. 37 years (1967-present)
7. 30 years (1974-present)
8. 1970-present
9. 1972-present
10. 1967-present
Location:
1. Italy
2. Italy
3. Vanuatu
4. Vanuata
5. Solomon Islands
6. Ethiopia
7. Papua New Guinea
8. Papua New Guinea
9. Papua New Guinea
10. Indonesia

 

 

 

 

Top 10 Most Fatal

Name:
1. Tambora
2. Krakatau
3. Mt Pelee
4. Nevado del Ruiz
5. Unzen
6. Laki
7. Kelut
8. Santa Maria
9. Kelut
10. Santiaguito
# of fatalities
1. 92 000
2. 36 000
3. 29 000
4. 28 000
5. 15 000
6. 10 000
7. 10 000
8. 6000
9. 5100
10. 5000
Year
1. 1815
2. 1883
3. 1902
4. 1985
5. 1792
6. 1783
7. 1586
8. 1902
9. 1919
10. 1929
Location:
1. Indonesia
2. Indonesia
3. Martinique
4. Colombia
5. Japan
6. Iceland
7. Indonesia
8. Guatemala
9. Indonesia
10. Guatemala