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Top 10 Countries with the Most Volcanoes

We made a list of the countries with the most volcanoes. How many can you name?
Volcanoes above sea level that have erupted since 1 A.D.
According to Wikipedia. Information may not be 100% accurate.
Includes overseas territories of countries
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79
Indonesia
76
United States
62
Japan
60
Russia
45
Chile
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27
Iceland
23
Ecuador
22
Philippines
22
Papua New Guinea
19
Portugal
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63 Comments
sumguy
+15
Level 86
Feb 8, 2017
There was no 0 AD, so I assume you mean since 1 BC.
kimad
+10
Level 97
Feb 8, 2017
Or since 1 AD. Lol
Quizmaster
+12
Level ∞
Feb 8, 2017
Changed to 1 A.D.
PeppaPig
+8
Level 48
Jun 11, 2017
You should use CE, AD is discriminatory to us non-Christians
wompish
+2
Level 47
Sep 18, 2024
what
EvaR
+74
Level 67
Oct 2, 2017
just live with it....
JackintheBox
+15
Level 81
Nov 30, 2019
@PeppaPig CE also stands for 'Christian era'. ;D
jmellor13
+54
Level 67
Nov 30, 2019
CE stands for "common era," not "Christian era," but it's really a stretch to call "BC" and "AD" discriminatory. I cannot imagine any way that it has a discriminatory effect, and, more significantly, the year is counted from when Jesus was supposed to have been born. Yes, I know the count is off by six or seven years, but the intention was to count from Jesus's birth. Otherwise you're suggesting that at some random point in history, we just decided to switch from counting down to 1 to counting up from 1. The event that marks the switch is Jesus's birth. So, Christian or not, it's BC and AD. And for the record, I'm not Christian, nor I am a particular fan of Christianity's influence over our culture.
Jiaozira
+15
Level 71
Nov 30, 2019
I mean, calling it CE and BCE doesn't really change the fact that the way we count our years is entirely based around Jesus's birth. Unless you want live in Nepal's 2077 or Ethiopia's 2009 I guess
DocEckleburg
+6
Level 63
Sep 11, 2024
If I get to go back to 2009 I'm in. (Note to self, buy bitcoin).
JackintheBox
+2
Level 81
Dec 1, 2019
@jmellor13 CE also stands for Christian era, according to the Oxford Dictionary of English.
Majax
+1
Level 52
Oct 14, 2021
I don't see how "AD" is discriminatory
JWatson24
+12
Level 71
Oct 14, 2021
Leave it to the JetPunk crowd to start a long comment chain on a minor detail of a caveat of a quiz :)
Smokebasics
+3
Level 73
Oct 16, 2021
This is how JetPunk works
tliving
+1
Level 45
Oct 14, 2021
There should definitely be a year 0. Idk why that got skipped over lol.
AiJiyao
+2
Level 67
Oct 14, 2021
@tliving. In case you were really wondering why, I guess it's because the number 0 was invented later than the concept of counting the years from an arbitrary starting point.
Arp2600
+3
Level 87
Feb 8, 2017
I only count 18 above sea level on the wikipedia page for Portugal, which still seems much for the Azores alone.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Feb 8, 2017
It looks like I forgot to remove the seamounts. I counted 19, so changed the hint to that. It does seem like a lot.
quizman5000
+6
Level 37
Jun 9, 2017
Cheated off this comment. :)
mahble
+1
Level 79
Jun 15, 2018
Azores volcanoes: Flores, Corvo, Graciosa, Sao Jorge, Pico, Faial, Don Joao de Castro Bank (underwater), Sete Cidades, Picos Volcanic System, Furnas, Agua de Pau. Not including the Bank, that's only 10. What other territories does Portugal have? The only other one I can find is Madeira.
barmanitan
+2
Level 82
May 17, 2023
You can click through to volcanoes in Portugal from the wiki page linked and count all the relevant ones, definitely more than 10.
WolfCam
+3
Level 67
Feb 8, 2017
I literally looked for this quiz the day before you put it out!
mhoegg
+2
Level 71
Feb 8, 2017
Guatemala has 37 volcanoes ...
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Feb 8, 2017
Then some of them haven't erupted in the last 2,000 years, are below sea level, or are not on Wikipedia.
JBlouw1850
+1
Level 43
Feb 8, 2017
9 have erupted in the last 2000 years plus the 12 "Holocene". Honestly don't know what that word means even after looking at Google's definition. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Guatemala)
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Feb 9, 2017
There you have it. The Holocene is the current geological epoch that started approximately 11,700 years ago.
MyMindWentBlank
+3
Level 61
Feb 8, 2017
There are also 24 in New Zealand, but only 3 have erupted since 1 CE
mahble
+4
Level 79
Jun 15, 2018
Okataina, Ruapehu, Tongariro, White Island, Raoul Island? All have erupted since at least 1880, and the last four have all erupted since 2000.
Jerry928
+2
Level 76
Feb 10, 2017
There are 50 volcanoes in the city of Auckland, New Zealand, alone.
fuanacdc
+2
Level 87
Feb 10, 2017
Was surprised not to see New Zealand on here.
Djilas
+1
Level 84
Feb 13, 2017
Not as active as elsewhere apparently
Quizmaster
+19
Level ∞
Feb 17, 2017
If those are active volcanos, they should have built the city somewhere else!
RedZombieAngel
+3
Level 35
Mar 30, 2017
Definitely, Glad I live in Palmerston North!
kiwiquizzer
+10
Level 68
Jun 10, 2017
You quite possibly may be the only one.
DaveM
+1
Level 75
Jun 11, 2017
Red hot lava burn.
kshanti
+2
Level 60
Jun 9, 2017
They found the wrong thing to collect! ;-)
RedZombieAngel
+1
Level 35
Jun 11, 2017
T-T
mahble
+1
Level 79
Jun 15, 2018
Those are all part of the same volcanic system - the Auckland volcanic field. They all came from the same magma chamber.
Gamer1162
+2
Level 59
Feb 17, 2017
Too much time given. Suggest lowering to 2:30 or 3:00.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Feb 17, 2017
Done
Antofagasta
+1
Level 71
Jun 9, 2017
How many are there in Mordor or is it just Mount Doom?
Omnikin
+1
Level 68
Nov 15, 2017
Where are located all these portuguese volcanoes?
Trombone
+1
Level 60
Oct 14, 2021
in the Atlantic
payel123
+1
Level 37
Mar 18, 2018
Hardest Quiz Ever.
Jacktheguy
+1
Level 91
Oct 13, 2022
Not really. Just guess countries that are large, have famous volcanoes, or border the Pacific Ocean.
cornflakesfu
+5
Level 88
Oct 10, 2018
They don't call it the Ring of Fire for nothin'! . . . plus Iceland and Portugal.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 81
Nov 30, 2019
Completely forgot about the Azores!
MrBizzaros
+2
Level 59
Nov 30, 2019
New Zealand certainly has more than 19 volcanoes
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Nov 30, 2019
Why don't you go to Wikipedia and count them? Because I did.
liamo15
+2
Level 66
Dec 2, 2019
Yup, 20 volcanoes, all erupted after 1 AD.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Dec 2, 2019
Sorry, there are only 18. New Zealand does not own any part of Antarctica.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 81
Oct 14, 2021
But they claim a portion of it (which is recognised by several other countries)
Ferbin
+1
Level 77
Sep 16, 2024
Not it's not. Sovereignty over Antarctica is not recognized by anyone, to anyone.
MummyKaty
+1
Level 57
Oct 14, 2021
I love this comment by Quizmaster. Polite yet to the point.
Geoguessin
+5
Level 71
Nov 30, 2019
How does Portugal even have 19 volcanos, like Azores really be explodin'
DonTheLamplighter
+11
Level 86
Oct 14, 2021
The U.S. total goes up by 1 every time I get a Chalupa Supreme from Taco Bell.
SpencerGT
+1
Level 68
Oct 14, 2021
But they're so tasty...
bostjan
+2
Level 71
Oct 14, 2021
In that case, the Mexican total goes up by two every time a tourist drinks the water!
richiesyxx
+7
Level 73
Oct 14, 2021
Hmmm… this quiz seems to have been here a few years and someone (who shall not be named) hasn’t commented, claimed to have visited each country, climbed each volcano and completed a PhD in Vulcanology! Or insulted anyone’s intelligence! He must be unwell…
bostjan
+4
Level 71
Oct 14, 2021
Ethiopia has over 4 dozen potentially active volcanoes. Four of them have erupted in the last 16 years. But it seems like geologists just aren't that interested in them, so, unless they've erupted since the mid 19th century, we don't know when they erupted. Maybe other countries have similar stories; I mean, most island nations in Oceania are just volcanoes. But that might explain why the list is the way it is. If the nation doesn't have a good historical record, it'll likely not be able to appear on the list, due to the constraints.
LuckyCat
+1
Level 68
Feb 12, 2023
Ecuador and their Galapagos Islands.
Botticella
+1
Level 65
Sep 11, 2024
I'm still reeling from the "no year 0" newsflash
BenSP
+1
Level 78
Sep 11, 2024
https://volcano.si.edu/faq/index.cfm?question=countries

surprised portugal is here

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