List of extinct volcanoes
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which scientists consider unlikely to erupt again.[1] erupted in the past 10,000 years is often listed as extinct.[2]
The extinct volcano no longer has a magma supply. An extinct volcano is no longer near an active geologic hot spot, if it ever was.[3]
Volcanologists sometimes can't tell whether a volcano is extinct or dormant. A caldera that has not produced an eruption in tens of thousands of years is likely to be considered inactive.[4] Dormant volcanoes may still erupt, whereas extinct ones cannot.
There are many examples of extinct volcanoes.
- Olympus Mons on Mars, the biggest volcano in the Solar System.
- Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain in the northern Pacific Ocean[5]
- Huascarán in Peru[6]
- Kyushu-Palau Ridge in the Philippine Sea[7]
- Mount Buninyong in Victoria Australia[8]
- Tamu Massif in the Northwest Pacific Ocean[9]
- Waw an-Namus in Libya[10]
- Edinburgh Castle in Scotland is located on a dolerite plug, the remnant of a volcano that went extinct many millions of years ago.
- Doshi hill in Haryana, India is an extinct volcano and has been sleeping since 770 million years
- La Garita Caldera in Colorado, United States
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