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Major Volcanos

By hkantor
  • 1610 BCE

    Santorini

    Santorini
    Santorini is located in modern-day Greece. Currently an archipelago, Santorini was once a single island, until an eruption in 1610 BC blew the volcano apart.
  • 89 BCE

    Mt.Vesuvius

    Mt.Vesuvius
    Infamous due to the burial of two Italian towns, Herculaneum and Pompeii in Italy.

  • Mt. Unzen

    Mt. Unzen
    The eruption of Mt. Unzenis the most catastrophic and deadly in all of Japan’s history. The initial eruption triggered a landslide and tsunami.

  • Krakatoa

    Krakatoa
    Krakatoa explosion altered sunsets around the world, completely demolishing the Indonesian island. The eruption released nine cubic kilometers of magma. That's enough lava to fill the University of Michigan stadium almost 40,000 times.

  • Santa Maria

    Santa Maria
    20 billion cubic meters of debris was thrown into the sky above Guatemala, some of that ash landed as far away as California.

  • Changbaishan

    Changbaishan
    Located in the mountains which separate China from North Korea, and Baekdu (or Changbai), Changbaishan stands as the tallest of the range.