List of volcanoes in the United Kingdom

There are no active volcanoes in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, although a few do exist in some British Overseas Territories, including Queen Mary's Peak in Tristan da Cunha, Soufrière Hills volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat, as well as Mount Belinda and Mount Michael in the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

The last time that volcanoes were active in what is now the United Kingdom was the early Palaeogene period, just over 50 million years ago (Ma), associated with the opening of the Atlantic Ocean. Modern day hills and mountains within the UK which are sometimes described as extinct volcanoes are usually the deeply eroded roots of volcanoes active in prehistoric times.[1] Some locations popularly believed to be volcanoes, such as The Wrekin, actually have different origins, such as being sites where volcanic material was deposited.[2]

List

Below is a list of extinct volcanoes in the United Kingdom.

England

Name	Elevation		Location	Last eruption
Name	metres	feet	Coordinates	Last eruption
Bardon Hill[3]	276	912	52°42′52″N 1°19′14″W	±570 Ma
Calton Hill[4]	-	-	53.240395°N 1.823151°W / 53.240395; -1.823151	±330 Ma
Cawsand volcano[5]	-	-	50.3311°N 4.2021°W / 50.3311; -4.2021	±280 Ma
The Cheviot	815	2674	55°28′42″N 2°08′44″W	Ordovician
Gurnard's Head[5]	-	-	50.19160°N 5.59922°W / 50.19160; -5.59922	±400 Ma
Haweswater caldera[6]	-	-	54°31′08″N 2°48′17″W	-
Helvellyn[7]	950	3118	54°31′38″N 3°00′58″W	-
Langdale caldera	-	-	54.45°N 3.07°E / 54.45; 3.07 (Warboys)	Ordovician
Scafells (including Scafell Pike)	978	3209	54°27′15.2″N 3°12′41.5″W	Ordovician
Speedwell vent[8]	-	-	53.3414°N 1.7921°W / 53.3414; -1.7921	Carboniferous
Warboys[9]	-	-	52.4°N 0.07°W / 52.4; -0.07 (Warboys)	Hercynian orogeny

Northern Ireland

Name	Elevation		Location	Last eruption
Name	metres	feet	Coordinates	Last eruption
Carrickarede	-	-		±60 Ma
Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland	-	-	55°15′00″N 6°29′07″W	Palaeogene
Scawt Hill	378	1240	54°54′38″N 5°54′55″W	-
Slemish	437	1434	54°52′55″N 6°5′49″W	Palaeogene
Slieve Gallion	528	1732	54°44′N 6°46′W	-
Slieve Gullion	573	1880	54°08′N 6°26′W	Palaeocene
Tievebulliagh	402	1319	55.07419°N 6.13302°W / 55.07419; -6.13302 (Tievebulliagh)	-

Scotland

Name	Elevation		Location	Last eruption
Name	metres	feet	Coordinates	Last eruption
Anton Dohrn Seamount	-	-	57°30′N 11°00′W	±40 Ma
Ardnamurchan	-	-	56°44′00″N 5°59′00″W	early Eocene: c.55 Ma
Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh	251	824	55°56′39″N 3°09′43″W	Carboniferous
Ben Nevis	1345	4411	56°47′49″N 5°00′13″W	Carboniferous (collapsed dome)
Cuillin Hills (on Isle of Skye)			57°12′N 6°12′W	Palaeogene
Dundee Law extinct volcano in Dundee		500	56°28′11″N 2°59′22″W	Ordovician
Eshaness stratovolcano[10]	-	-	60.49°N 1.59°W / 60.49; -1.59	-
Glen Coe Caldera	-	-	56°40′08″N 5°01′34″W	Silurian
Hebrides Terrace Seamount	-	-	56°28′N 10°17′W	±48 Ma
North Berwick Law	187	613	56°03′05″N 2°42′58″W	Carboniferous
Peniel Heugh[11]	237	778	55.5292°N 2.5508°W / 55.5292; -2.5508 (Peniel Heugh)	-
Rockall	17	56	57°35′46.7″N 13°41′14.3″W	-
Rùm volcano[12]	812	2,664	56.994°N 6.344°W / 56.994; -6.344	-

Wales

Name	Elevation		Location	Last eruption
Name	metres	feet	Coordinates	Last eruption
Deganwy Castle volcano[13]	110	631	53.2975°N 3.8290°W / 53.2975; -3.8290 (Deganwy Castle)	-
Mynydd y Dref[14]	244	801	53°16′59″N 3°51′45″W	±450 Ma
Rhobell Fawr	734	2408	52.814°N 3.802°W / 52.814; -3.802 (Rhobell Fawr)	-
Snowdon	1085	3560		-
Treffgarne Rocks	-	-	51.8742°N 4.9694°W / 51.8742; -4.9694 (Treffgarne)	Ordovician

References

Emeleus, C.H.; Bell, B.R. (2005). The Palaeogene volcanic districts of Scotland (Fourth ed.). Nottingham: British Geological Survey, NERC. p. 6. ISBN 0852725191.
"Shropshire - Features - The Wrekin". BBC. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
"Volcano models". British Geological Survey.
British GS Calton Hill, accessed 21 October 2008
Charlotte, Becquart (14 January 2021). "Cornwall's volcanoes that were active hundreds of millions of years ago". Cornwall Live. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
Geology of England and Wales, pp118ff
Oldroyd, David Roger (2002). Earth, Water, Ice and Fire - Two Hundred Years of Geological Research in the English Lake District. Geological Society. p. 277. ISBN 9781862391079. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
Cheshire, S. G.; Bell, J.D. (1 December 1976). "The Speedwell Vent, Castleton, Derbyshire: A Carboniferous Littoral Cone". Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society. 41 (2): 173–184. doi:10.1144/pygs.41.2.173.
"The ancient volcano that's 81 miles from London". Heritage Daily. Heritage Daily. 10 May 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
"Eshaness Coast, Shetland: A blast from the past". Scottish Geology. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
"Peniel Heugh". Geology North. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
Hamilton MA, Pearson DG, Thompson RN, Kelly SP, Emeleus CH (1998) Rapid eruption of Skye lavas inferred from precise U-Pb and Ar-Ar dating of the Rum and Cuillin plutonic complexes. Nature 394: 260-263
"Put a cork in it". Geocaching.com. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
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[1] Emeleus, C.H.; Bell, B.R. (2005). The Palaeogene volcanic districts of Scotland (Fourth ed.). Nottingham: British Geological Survey, NERC. p. 6. ISBN 0852725191.

[bbcshropwrk-2] "Shropshire - Features - The Wrekin". BBC. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

[bgsvm-3] "Volcano models". British Geological Survey.

[bgscalton-4] British GS Calton Hill, accessed 21 October 2008

[bequart2-5] Charlotte, Becquart (14 January 2021). "Cornwall's volcanoes that were active hundreds of millions of years ago". Cornwall Live. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

[GeoEngWal-6] Geology of England and Wales, pp118ff

[oldroyd-7] Oldroyd, David Roger (2002). Earth, Water, Ice and Fire - Two Hundred Years of Geological Research in the English Lake District. Geological Society. p. 277. ISBN 9781862391079. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

[CheshireBell1976-8] Cheshire, S. G.; Bell, J.D. (1 December 1976). "The Speedwell Vent, Castleton, Derbyshire: A Carboniferous Littoral Cone". Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society. 41 (2): 173–184. doi:10.1144/pygs.41.2.173.

[HDaily-9] "The ancient volcano that's 81 miles from London". Heritage Daily. Heritage Daily. 10 May 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

[scotgeo-10] "Eshaness Coast, Shetland: A blast from the past". Scottish Geology. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

[Geonorthpeniel-11] "Peniel Heugh". Geology North. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

[12] Hamilton MA, Pearson DG, Thompson RN, Kelly SP, Emeleus CH (1998) Rapid eruption of Skye lavas inferred from precise U-Pb and Ar-Ar dating of the Rum and Cuillin plutonic complexes. Nature 394: 260-263

[Deganwy_Castle-13] "Put a cork in it". Geocaching.com. Retrieved 9 September 2014.

[bbycmyd-14] BBC website Archived August 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine