Tag:natural=volcano

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Description
An opening exposed on the earth's surface where volcanic material is emitted. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Rendering in OSM Carto
Volcano-8.svg
Group: natural
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysshould not be used on areasshould not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Useful combination
See also
Status: approvedPage for proposal

A  volcano is an opening exposed on the earth's surface where volcanic material is emitted. All volcanoes contain a central vent underlying the summit crater of the volcano. Some volcanos may have more than one vent, fissures and fumaroles.

A volcano can have one or more volcanic vents, which are mapped with geological=volcanic_vent.

How to map

Add the natural=volcano as a node node. Place it as close to the centre of the main crater/caldera/vent as you can.

Name the volcano using name=* on the node.

Tags used in combination

These are the three main types. Further information in Volcano on Wikipedia

Relation to natural=peak

Note although many volcanoes are mountains and in many maps natural=volcano and natural=peak are rendered in a similar way the location of the main volcanic vent/crater is generally not identical to the highest peak so natural=volcano does not necessarily imply a mountain peak.

Crater rim

The crater rim can be tagged using

Röntgen icons

volcano:status=*
volcano:type=stratovolcano Röntgen stratovolcano and clouds.svg Röntgen stratovolcano and lava.svg Röntgen stratovolcano and smoke.svg Röntgen stratovolcano.svg
volcano:type=shield Röntgen shield volcano and clouds.svg Röntgen shield volcano and lava.svg Röntgen shield volcano and smoke.svg Röntgen shield volcano.svg
volcano:type=scoria Röntgen volcanic cone and clouds.svg Röntgen volcanic cone and lava.svg Röntgen volcanic cone and smoke.svg Röntgen volcanic cone.svg

Example

natural=volcano
name=Anak Krakatau
alt_name=Krakatoa
volcano:type=stratovolcano
volcano:status=active
ele=200

Related tags

See also

Possible tagging mistakes

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