List of shield volcanoes

This list of shield volcanoes  includes active, dormant and extinct shield volcanoes. Shield volcanoes are one of the three types of volcanoes. They have a short cone shape, and have basaltic lava which means the lava has low viscosity (viscosity is a measure of the ability for a liquid to flow)



Canada

 * Lava plateau of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex (British Columbia, Canada)

Ecuador

 * Alcedo, Isabella Island, Galápagos Islands
 * La Cumbre, Fernandina Island, Galápagos Islands
 * Sierra Negra, Isabella Island, Galápagos Islands
 * Cerro Azul, Isabella Island, Galápagos Islands
 * Wolf, Isabella Island, Galápagos Islands
 * Marchena, Marchena Island, Galápagos Islands
 * Darwin, Darwin Island, Galápagos Islands
 * Galápagos Rift, Galápagos Islands

Other

 * Barrier (Kenya)
 * Bottom half of Mount Erebus (Ross Dependency, Antarctica)
 * Erta Ale (Ethiopia)
 * Bottom half of Mount Etna (Sicily, Italy)
 * Mount Wrangell (Alaska)
 * Mount Karthala (Comoros)
 * Namarunu (Kenya)
 * Niuafo'ou (Tonga)
 * Mount Nyamuragira (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
 * Piton de la Fournaise (Réunion, France)
 * Masaya Volcano, Nicaragua
 * Kīlauea, Hawaii, US
 * Mauna Loa, Hawaii
 * Mount Halla (Jeju Island, South Korea)
 * Mascarin Peak (Marion Island,South Africa)

Canada

 * Heart Peaks
 * Itcha Range (British Columbia, Canada)
 * Lava plateau of Level Mountain (British Columbia, Canada)

United States

 * Arlington Cone (Arizona)
 * Belknap Crater (Oregon)
 * Gillespie Volcano (Arizona)
 * Haleakalā (Maui)
 * Hell's Half Acre (Idaho)
 * House Mountain (Arizona)
 * Hualālai (Hawaii)
 * Indian Heaven (Washington)
 * Larch Mountain (Oregon)
 * Mauna Kea (Hawaii)
 * Medicine Lake Volcano (California)
 * Newberry Volcano (Oregon)
 * Pelican Butte (Oregon)
 * Shoshone Lava Field (Idaho)
 * The Three Sisters (Oregon)
 * Wapi Lava Field (Idaho)

Costa Rica

 * Tilarán

Kenya

 * Mount Marsabit
 * Menengai

Other

 * La Grille (Comoros)
 * Queen Mary's Peak (South Atlantic Ocean)
 * Rangitoto Island (New Zealand)
 * Santorini (Greece)
 * São Tomé (São Tomé and Príncipe, Atlantic Ocean)
 * Skjaldbreiður (Iceland)
 * Kollóttadyngja (Iceland)
 * Trölladyngja (Iceland)
 * Mount Takahe (Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica)
 * Taveuni (Fiji)
 * Karaca Dağ (Turkey)

Antarctica

 * Mount Andrus
 * Mount Berlin
 * Mount Moulton
 * Mount Sidley (Marie Byrd Land)
 * Mount Terror (Ross Dependency)

Other

 * Ball's Pyramid of Australia is a volcanic plug, or an erosional remnant of a shield volcano.
 * Banks Peninsula (Christchurch, New Zealand)
 * Bermuda Pedestal (Bermuda, United Kingdom)
 * Dunedin Volcano (Dunedin, New Zealand)
 * Kohala (Hawaii, United States)
 * Kookooligit Mountains (St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, United States)
 * Lord Howe Island, (Australia)
 * Piton des Neiges (Réunion, France)
 * Poike (Easter Island, Chile)
 * Pūhāhonu, Hawaii – the largest shield volcano on Earth by volume
 * Rano Kau (Easter Island, Chile)
 * Slieve Gullion (Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)
 * Terevaka (Easter Island, Chile)
 * Topo Volcano, Azores, Portugal
 * Tweed Volcano, Australia
 * Mount Charter, Australia
 * Mount Tor, Australia
 * Mount Julia, Australia
 * Mount Cripps, Australia
 * Verkhovoy (Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.)

Mars & Venus

 * Alba Mons
 * Olympus Mons
 * Arsia Mons
 * Ascraeus Mons
 * Pavonis Mons
 * Syrtis Major Planum
 * Maat Mons
 * Theia Mons

Io

Io, a moon of Jupiter, has several volcanoes that spew sulphur. Some of these include Pele and Tohil Mons.

Bolivia

 * Sacabaya
 * Tata Sabaya

Nicaragua

 * Apoyeque
 * Masaya

Papua New Guinea

 * Rabaul, New Britain

Other

 * Ambrym, Vanuatu
 * Purico Complex, Chile
 * Purico Complex, Chile