Examples of caldera volcanoes in the Asia-Pacific region include Rabaul Volcano in Papua New Guinea and Krakatoa Volcano in Indonesia.
It is the only confirmed active volcano in the Indian subcontinent, and the only active volcano along a chain of volcanoes from Sumatra to Myanmar. It is a part of the Indian Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and lies about 138 km (86 mi) northeast of the territory's capital, Port Blair.
Answer and Explanation: There are 491 active volcanoes recorded in Asia, including those found on mainland Asia, on the Pacific Islands near Asia, and in the Southeast Asian countries.
"It could be in a short time from now or it could be thousands of years." Dr Handley, however, said there were two "potentially volcanic" active areas in Australia. "One is in the north of Queensland and in south-east Australia, between Melbourne and Mount Gambier," she said.
On December 16, 1707, Mount Fuji, Japan, erupted for the last time to date. It is still an active volcano!
How big were the super eruptions? At least 150,000 km³ of material erupted from the northern NSW volcanoes over four million years. This makes them similar to the supervolcanoes of Yellowstone in the United States and Taupo in New Zealand.
They are rare in Australia because there are no plate boundaries on this continent. However, there are two active volcanoes located 4000 kilometres south west of Perth in the Australian Antarctic Territory: Heard Island and the nearby McDonald Islands.
The two active volcanoes in Australia are in the Australian Antarctic Territory, on Heard Island and the McDonald Islands, 4000km away from Perth to the south-west. The Heard Island volcano is nicknamed Big Ben. It's around 25km across, and Mawson Peak, its highest point, towers 2745m above sea level.
Seventy-five percent of Earth's volcanoes—more than 450 volcanoes—are located along the Ring of Fire. Ninety percent of Earth's earthquakes occur along its path, including the planet's most violent and dramatic seismic events.
The Ring of Fire is home to 75% of the world's volcanoes and 90% of its earthquakes. The Ring of Fire is a roughly 25,000-mile chain of volcanoes and seismically active sites that outline the Pacific Ocean.
Rising gradually to more than 4 km (2.5 mi) above sea level, Hawaii's Mauna Loa is the largest active volcano on our planet. Its submarine flanks descend to the sea floor an additional 5 km (3 mi), and the sea floor in turn is depressed by Mauna Loa's great mass another 8 km (5 mi).
Indonesia has the most active volcanoes in the world. They are spread along the islands of Sumatra, Celebes, Java, Bali, Nusa Tenggara, Maluku, Lesser Sunda, and Sulawesi islands.
Less well known is the fact that Africa is home to more than 100 volcanoes that have been active during Holocene time (roughly the past 10,000 years), including one of the most voluminous and dangerous lava lakes on Earth, and to a rift system that's actively splitting the continent apart.
Mount Fuji is classified as an active volcano, as are many of the volcanoes in Japan. A volcano is described as being active if it has had at least one eruption during the past 10,000 years.
The Pacific Ring of Fire spans across North America, South America, Australia and Asia.
Australia is the only continent without any current volcanic activity, but it hosts one of the world's largest extinct volcanoes, the Tweed Volcano.
The Newer Volcanics Province
Melbourne lies at the eastern end of the NVP, and the most recent eruptions in this area occurred over a million years ago. Mt Gambier in southeastern South Australia represents the western margin of the volcanic field and the most recent eruption — only 5000 years ago.
Around the world, there are eight known volcanoes capable of supereruptions - with one of the most active sitting right on Australia's doorstep. Lake Taupō, in New Zealand, recently had its threat level upgraded to level one, the first time in history alert system GeoNet has done this.
Australia is the only continent without any current volcanic activity, but it hosts one of the world's largest extinct volcanoes, the Tweed Volcano.
Heard Island and nearby McDonald Islands are located 4100 kilometres southwest of Perth, Western Australia, and about 1500 kilometres north of Antarctica. The islands are home to Australia's only active volcanoes.
(Note: Mount Everest is not a volcano.)
The temperature of the lava in the tubes is about 1,250 degrees Celsius (2,200 degrees Fahrenheit).