# 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)

## Active
### 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)

## Dormant
### 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)
* Mt. Bar le Duc (Mauritius)
* 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)

## Extinct
### 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)
* Mormon Mountain (Arizona, United States)
* House Mountain (Arizona, United States)
* Hackberry Mountain (Arizona, United States)
* Lord Howe Island, (Australia)
* Mount Piton (Piton, Mauritius)
* 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.)

## Other planets and satellites
### 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.

## Pyroclastic shields
### Bolivia

* Sacabaya
* Tata Sabaya

### Nicaragua

* Apoyeque
* Masaya

### Papua New Guinea

* Rabaul, New Britain

### Other

* Ambrym, Vanuatu
* Purico Complex, Chile