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five most active volcanoes in africa,asia,europe,north america,south america,australia and antartica..

2006-11-25 23:37:40 · 3 answers · asked by harvey s 1 in Science & Mathematics Earth Sciences & Geology

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Below are the most active volcanoes in order of how long that have been active.
Etna Italy 3500 years
Stromboli Italy 2000 years
Yasur Vanuatu 800 years
Ambrym Vanuatu 1935-
Tinakula Solomon Islands 1951?-
Erta Ale Ethiopia 1967-
Manam Papua New Guinea 1974-
Langila Papua New Guinea 1960-
Bagana Papua New Guinea 1972-
Semeru Indonesia 1967-
Merapi Indonesia 1967-
Dukono Indonesia 1933-
Sakura-jima Japan 1955-
Suwanose-jima Japan 1949-
Santa Maria Guatemala 1922-
Pacaya Guatemala 1965-
Arenal Costa Rica 1968-
Sangay Ecuador 1934-
Erebus Antarctica 1972-
Piton de la Fournaise Reunion 1920-
Kilauea Hawaii 1983-

The following 4 volcanoes emit the most lava.
Kilauea (Hawaii)
Mt Etna (Italy)
Piton de la Fournaise, (Réunion)
Nyamuragira, (D.R. Congo)

This website also looks to have a lot of information on the most active volcanoes in the world. It breaks them down by continent.
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-tours/558.html

2006-11-29 13:05:44 · answer #1 · answered by Todd T 3 · 0 0

in basic terms plate optimal persons understand is dinner. And what happens as quickly as you drop a bunch of them. To them that's Plate Tectonics, on an analogous time as the two mom or important different shows out approximately what they did!!

2016-12-13 14:26:35 · answer #2 · answered by pasillas 3 · 0 0

not every cont has 5 volcanos!

2006-11-29 13:08:11 · answer #3 · answered by thesekeys 3 · 0 1

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