Volcanoes

Volcanoes of the Pacific Ocean

37 volcanoes · 9 significant eruptions on record

Every volcano in Pacific Ocean in NOAA’s record and every significant eruption among them.

Pacific Ocean’s volcanoes on the map

Colored by when each last erupted.

  • Since 1964
  • 1900 to 1963
  • 1800s
  • AD 1 to 1799
  • Before AD 1, or undated

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The record

Volcanoes
37
Significant eruptions
9
Deaths counted
7

Every significant eruption

Newest first.

Every volcano

VolcanoTypeElevationLast known eruptionSignificant eruptions
Adams SeamountSubmarine-39 mBC (Holocene)
Axial SeamountSubmarine volcano-1,410 m1964 or later
Banda ApiCaldera596 m1964 or later6
Cleft SegmentSubmarine volcano-2,140 m1964 or later
CoAxial SegmentSubmarine-2,400 m1964 or later
Cobb SegmentSubmarine volcano-2,100 m1964 or later
East Blanco DepressionSubmarine-3,000 m
Emperor of ChinaSubmarine volcano-2,850 m
Endeavour SegmentSubmarine volcano-2,050 m1964 or later
Escanaba SegmentSubmarine volcano-1,700 mBC (Holocene)
Galapagos RiftSubmarine volcano-2,430 m1964 or later
Galapagos RiftSubmarine volcano-2,430 m1900 to 1963
Hollister RidgeSubmarine volcano-1,000 mAn uncertain Holocene eruption
Hunter IslandStratovolcano297 m1900 to 1963
Jackson SegmentSubmarine-3,100 m
ManukStratovolcano257 mUndated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Matthew IslandStratovolcano177 m1900 to 1963
NieuwerkerkSubmarine volcano-2,285 m
NilaStratovolcano781 m1964 or later
North Gorda Ridge SegmentSubmarine volcano-3,000 m1900 to 1963
Northern EPR at 10.7°NSubmarine volcano-2,900 m1964 or later
Northern EPR at 16°NSubmarine volcano-2,300 mBC (Holocene)
Northern EPR at 17°NSubmarine-2,700 mBC (Holocene)
Northern EPR at 9.8°NSubmarine volcano-2,500 m1964 or later
SeruaStratovolcano608 m1900 to 19631
Southern EPR at 8°SSubmarine volcano-2,800 m1900 to 1963
Southern EPR-Segment ISubmarine volcano-2,600 m1900 to 1963
Southern EPR-Segment JSubmarine volcano-2,650 m1800 to 1899
Southern EPR-Segment KSubmarine volcano-2,566 m1900 to 1963
TeonStratovolcano728 m1900 to 19632
Udintsev TransformSubmarine volcano-5,700 mAn uncertain Holocene eruption
UnnamedSubmarine volcano-2,400 m1964 or later
UnnamedSubmarine volcano-2,533 m
UnnamedSubmarine volcano?-2,533 mAn uncertain Holocene eruption
UnnamedSubmarine volcano-2,500 m1964 or later
UnnamedSubmarine volcano-1,000 m
WetarStratovolcano282 m1500 to 1699

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Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.