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natural = volcano
Description
An opening exposed on the earth's surface where volcanic material is emitted.
Rendering in openstreetmap-carto
Group: Natural
Used on these elements
Useful combination
name=* ele=* volcano:status=* volcano:type=*
See also
natural=cliff natural=ridge
Wikidata
Q8072
Status: approved
Tools for this tag
taginfo · CH · CZ · FR · GB · HU · IE · IN · JP · PL overpass-turbo

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 fumeroles.

How to Map

Add the natural=volcano as a 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 to use in combination

• volcano:status=* - Status of the Volcano
  • volcano:status=active - active
  • volcano:status=dormant - dormant (the volcano was active in historical times)
  • volcano:status=extinct - extinct (An inactive volcano is generally considered dormant if it has erupted in historic time.)
• volcano:type=* - Volcano type
  • volcano:type=stratovolcano - Stratovolcano on Wikipedia
  • volcano:type=shield - Shield volcano on Wikipedia
  • volcano:type=scoria - Volcanic cone on Wikipedia

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

• ele=* - Height of a volcano in meters in relation to the sea level

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

• natural=cliff or natural=ridge depending on the shape of the crater plus
• geological=volcanic_caldera_rim to indicate that it is a volcanic crater/caldera rim

natural=crater has been used to map crater and bomb crater rims, areas or impact sites but has never been defined, use is discouraged until there is some definition.

Example

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

Related tags

• natural=sinkhole - approved
• natural=crater - either bomb craters or crater rims, usage seems not well defined
• geological=volcanic* - various volcano related values are proposed
• historic=bomb_crater - undocumented
• historic=meteor_crater - undocumented
• natural=caldera - undocumented
• crater=* - undocumented

See Also

• Approved proposal
• Proposal for more volcanic features
• Volcano on Wikipedia