Volcanic Locations Around the World

Volcanic destinations include craters, lava fields, cinder cones, and geothermal terrain shaped by eruptions both ancient and ongoing.

17matching locations

Field notes

Locations marked by volcanic

A focused path through the atlas, tuned for one surreal visual motif instead of a continent or collection.

Wai-O-Tapu
geothermalgeyser
New Zealand

Wai-O-Tapu

An active geothermal field where acid pools glow in colours that require no exaggeration

84Reality Score
Kawah Ijen
acidicblue fire
Indonesia

Kawah Ijen

A volcano that burns blue at night and holds the world's largest acidic crater lake by day

93Reality Score
Taal Volcano
active volcanocaldera
Philippines

Taal Volcano

A volcano inside a lake inside a volcano — geology nested three levels deep

84Reality Score
Lake Toba
Batakcaldera
Indonesia

Lake Toba

A supervolcano's caldera that nearly ended humanity 74,000 years ago

87Reality Score
Tongariro Alpine Crossing
active volcanicemerald lakes
New Zealand

Tongariro Alpine Crossing

An active volcanic landscape with emerald lakes and lava fields

85Reality Score
Kerið Crater
Björkcaldera
Iceland

Kerið Crater

A 6,500-year-old volcanic crater holds a lake of impossible teal

78Reality Score
Beppu Hells
colorfulgeothermal
Japan

Beppu Hells

Nine boiling springs the locals named after the underworld

80Reality Score
Hverir
fumarolesgeothermal
Iceland

Hverir

Iceland's sulfur fields look like the surface of a dying star

82Reality Score
Deception Island
Antarcticablack beach
Antarctica

Deception Island

You can sail a ship into the crater of an active volcano

94Reality Score
Aokigahara Forest
FujiJapan
Japan

Aokigahara Forest

The forest at the base of the volcano that swallows sound

75Reality Score
Fingal's Cave
AcousticsHexagonal
United Kingdom

Fingal's Cave

The sea organ that inspired Mendelssohn

89Reality Score
Oneuli Beach
BeachBlack Sand
United States

Oneuli Beach

Black sand from the volcano that built this island

80Reality Score
Eternal Flame Falls
CaveFire
United States

Eternal Flame Falls

Fire burning inside a waterfall

85Reality Score
Danakil Depression
AcidExtreme Heat
Ethiopia

Danakil Depression

The hottest place on Earth that people call home

93Reality Score
Darvaza Crater
FireGas Crater
Turkmenistan

Darvaza Crater

The Door to Hell has been burning since 1971

93Reality Score
Giant's Causeway
HexagonalIreland
United Kingdom

Giant's Causeway

40,000 columns no human hand ever touched

78Reality Score
Tolbachik
EruptionKamchatka
Russia

Tolbachik

Where the Earth bleeds in silence

94Reality Score
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