The aim of this lesson is to locate using the Global Volcanism website some major volcanoes.
Log in to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program website. (If you wish you can use an atlas or Google Earth to locate the listed volcanoes)

https://volcano.si.edu/

This will take you to the homepage of the website. It gives us some information on presently active volcanoes. Now go on with your mouse on the button Database. From the drop down menu click on Volcano Search.

In the first field on the left, named Volcano Name write down the name of the volcano you are looking for and click on the button Search Volcano. In this example we are looking for the Mount Pinatubo.

The window that pops up will give some information on the volcano, such as the type of volcano, the number of people living within 30 km of the volcano and when it last erupted. In our case, Mount Pinatubo is a stratovolcano type of volcano, and around 1,148,684 inhabitants live close by. It last erupted in 1993.

Now click on the name of the volcano highlighted in red. On the right it will provide us with the information we need for this exercise. It indicates the country where the volcano is located, in this case the Philippines, and a map. You can also click on the map to enlarge the area.
The page provides additional information such as a photo gallery and general information on that particular volcano.

Your task now is to locate the following volcanoes on an outline map of the world, provided in the resources section of this lesson.

Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa, St. Helens, Pelèe, Cotopaxi, Chimborazo, Nevado del Ruiz, Vesuvius, Etna, Kilimanjaro, Krakatoa, Pinatubo, Fuji, Montserrat (Soufrière), Surtsey and Tristan da Cunha.