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 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.
NameElevationElevationLocationLast eruption
NamemetresfeetCoordinatesLast eruption
Ardnamurchan--early Eocene: c.55 million years ago
Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh251824Carboniferous
Cheviot Hills8152674-Ordovician
Cuillin Hills Palaeogene
Dundee Law extinct volcano in Dundee500Ordovician
Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland--Palaeogene
Glen Coe Caldera--Silurian
North Berwick Law187613Carboniferous
Ben Nevis1345441156°47′49″N 5°00′13″WCarboniferous