With an elevation of 2,808 feet and a depth of 1,500 feet, this stratovolcano—the term for tall volcanoes with multiple layers of ash and solidified lava—is found on São Miguel Island in Portugal. It’s erupted twenty-two times since its inception date, estimated to have been about twenty-two thousand years ago; its last known eruption was in 1880.

Mount Teide

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The highest point of elevation in Spain belongs to the Canary Islands’ Mount Teide, also the third-biggest volcano in the world. It’s been fairly stable since 1909, though there were reports of some seismic activity in 2003. The International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior deemed it one of sixteen Decade Volcanoes, which are monitored extra-closely because of their eruption history and proximity to areas with large populations.

Mount Ararat

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