List of volcanoes in the United Kingdom
There are no active volcanoes in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, but there are a few non-active volcanoes in some British Overseas Territories. Queen Mary's Peak in Tristan da Cunha erupted in 1961-2. The Soufrière Hills volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat erupted three times between 1995 and 2013. Mount Belinda in the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, erupted between 2001 and 2007. Mount Michael, also in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, was active in 2005; its 700-metre-diameter (2,300 ft) summit crater is thought to possibly contain an active lava lake, one of only a handful in the world.
Below is a list of extinct volcanoes in the United Kingdom.
| Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| metres | feet | Coordinates | ||
| Ardnamurchan | - | - | 56°44′00″N 5°59′00″W | early Eocene: c.55 million years ago |
| Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh | 251 | 824 | 55°56′39″N 3°09′43″W | Carboniferous |
| Cheviot Hills | 815 | 2674 | - | Ordovician |
| Cuillin Hills (on Isle of Skye) | 57°12′N 6°12′W | Palaeogene | ||
| Dundee Law extinct volcano in Dundee | 500 | 56°28′11″N 2°59′22″W | Ordovician | |
| Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland | - | - | 55°15′00″N 6°29′07″W | Palaeogene |
| Glen Coe Caldera | - | - | 56°40′08″N 5°01′34″W | Silurian |
| North Berwick Law | 187 | 613 | 56°03′05″N 2°42′58″W | Carboniferous |
| Ben Nevis | 1345 | 4411 | 56°47′49″N 5°00′13″W | Carboniferous
(collapsed dome) |