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The world's highest active volcanoes

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This is a list of the world's highest active volcanoes. There are higher volcanoes, but not active.

 

Volcano

Country

Height (m)

Height (ft)

1.

Antofalla

Argentina

6450

21161

2.

Guallatiri

Argentina / Chile

6060

19882

3.

Cotopaxi

Ecuador

5897

19347

4.

Sangay

Ecuador

5320

17454

5.

Kluchevskaya

4850

15912

6.

Wrangell

Alaska

4269

14006

7.

Mauna Loa

Hawaii

4171

13684

8.

Galeras

Ecuador

4083

13392

9.

Cameroon

Cameroon

4070

13353

10.

Acatenango

Guatemala

3959

12989