List of volcanoes in Taiwan
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This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes.
| Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
| meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
| Tatun Volcano Group Tatun Volcano Group thumb|265px|[[Cising Mountain|Chihsingshan]] , the highest peak of these volcanoes, has a height of 1120 m.Tatun Volcanoes , a volcanic group of volcanoes located at northern Taiwan, is located 15 km north of Taipei, and lies to the west of Keelung. It just adjoins the northern coast of the... |
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| Chilung Volcano Group Chilung Volcano Group Chilung Volcanoes , a group of volcanoes located at northern Taiwan, is just lies on the east of Taipei and Keelung , and adjoins the northern coast of the Taiwan island. It comprises the largest gold-copper deposits of Taiwan.... |
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| Guanyin Mountain | ||||
| Caoling Mountain | ||||
| Gueishan Island Gueishan Island Guishan Island or Steep Island or Turtle Island , also known as Kueishan Island, is an island in the Pacific Ocean currently administered by Yilan County, Taiwan and located east of port of Gengfang Fishery Harbor. The island is the top of an andesite stratovolcano which rises from the seafloor... |
24°51′N 121°55′E | 1775-1795 AD | ||
| Coast Mountains (Taiwan) | ||||
| Green Island Green Island, Taiwan Green Island is a small volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean, about off the eastern coast of Taiwan. In the 19th century it was known as Samasana Island and the Japanese called it Kasho-to . The island is 15.092 km² at high tide and 17.329 km² at low tide... |
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| Orchid Island Orchid Island Orchid Island is a 45-km² volcanic island off the southeastern coast of Taiwan island and separated from the Batanes of the Philippines by the Bashi Channel of the Luzon Strait. It is governed as Lanyu Township of Taitung County... |
22°03′N 121°32′E | |||
| Pescadores Pescadores The Penghu Islands, also known as Pescadores are an archipelago off the western coast of Taiwan in the Taiwan Strait consisting of 90 small islands and islets covering an area of 141 square kilometers.... |
23°35′N 119°35′E | |||
See also
- List of mountains in Taiwan
- Geography of TaiwanGeography of TaiwanTaiwan is a medium-sized archipelago in East Asia, located at 23°30" N, 121°00" E and running through the middle of the Tropic of Cancer . It makes up the majority of the territories effectively under the administration of the Republic of China .- Formation :The island of Taiwan was formed...
- Geology of TaiwanGeology of TaiwanTaiwan is active geologically, showing plate boundary tectonics. The island formed at the junction of the Luzon Volcanic Arc and the Ryukyu Volcanic Arc . Subduction changes direction at Taiwan. South of the island, the Philippine Sea Plate is subducting under the Sunda Plate. To the north the...
- TaiwanTaiwanTaiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...