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 Mount Belinda 1,370 m (4,490 ft) at 58°25′S 26°23′W / 58.417°S 26.383°W on Montagu Island in the Weddell Sea off the coast of Antarctica. It is within the British Overseas Territory, the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Although, Mount Michael 805 m (2,641 ft) at 57°48′S 26°28′W / 57.8°S 26.467°W on Saunders Island has been active as recently as 2005. The 700 m (2,297 ft) diameter 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 Great Britain.
| Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
| meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
| Ardnamurchan | - | - | - | c.55 million years ago |
| Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh | 251 | 824 | 55°56′39″N 3°09′43″W / 55.94417°N 3.16194°W | - |
| Borrowdale Volcanics | - | - | - | Silurian or earlier |
| Edinburgh Castle castle rock | - | - | 55°56′55″N 3°12′03″W / 55.94861°N 3.20083°W | - |
| Giant's Causeway | - | - | 55°15′00″N 6°29′07″W / 55.25°N 6.48528°W | Cenozoic |
| Glen Coe Caldera | - | - | - | Silurian |
| Borrowdale Volcanics (Cumbria) | - | Palaeozoic | ||
| Cheviot Hills | 815 | 2674 | - | Palaeozoic |
| Cuillin Hills (on Isle of Skye) | Tertiary | |||
| Snowdonia mountains in North Wales | Ordovician | |||
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