List of volcanoes in the United Kingdom
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There are no active volcanoes in Great Britain or Ireland, but there are a few in British dependent territories. One of the largest is 1,370-metre (4,490 ft) Mount Belinda at 58°26′06″S 26°22′53″W / 58.43500°S 26.38139°W on Montagu Island in the Weddell Sea off the coast of Antarctica. It is within the British Overseas Territory of the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Mount Michael (805 m (2,641 ft)), at 57°48′03″S 26°29′18″W / 57.80083°S 26.48833°W on Saunders Island, was active in 2005. Its 700-metre-diameter (2,300 ft) 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.
| Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
| meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
| Ardnamurchan | - | - | 56°44′00″N 5°59′00″W / 56.73333°N 5.98333°W | early Eocene: c.55 million years ago |
| Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh | 251 | 824 | 55°56′39″N 3°09′43″W / 55.94417°N 3.16194°W | Carboniferous |
| Cheviot Hills | 815 | 2674 | - | Ordovician |
| Cuillin Hills (on Isle of Skye) | 57°12′N 6°12′W / 57.20°N 6.2°W | Tertiary | ||
| Dundee Law extinct volcano in Dundee | 500 | 56°28′11″N 2°59′22″W / 56.4698°N 2.9894°W | Ordovician | |
| Edinburgh Castle castle rock | - | - | 55°56′55″N 3°12′03″W / 55.94861°N 3.20083°W | Lower Carboniferous |
| Giant's Causeway | - | - | 55°15′00″N 6°29′07″W / 55.25000°N 6.48528°W | Paleogene |
| Glen Coe Caldera | - | - | 56°40′08″N 5°01′34″W / 56.669°N 5.026°W | Silurian |
| North Berwick Law | 187 | 613 | 56°03′05″N 2°42′58″W / 56.05139°N 2.71611°W | Carboniferous |
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