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What is the only continent with no active volcanoes?
Answer
Australia
Australia is the only continent with no active volcanoes today, though it has extensive volcanic history with extinct volcanoes and volcanic deposits scattered across the continent. Antarctica technically has active volcanoes beneath its ice sheet, including Mount Erebus, the world's southernmost active volcano. The absence of active volcanoes in Australia is due to its location on a stable continental plate away from major tectonic boundaries.
💡 Did you know?
Australia is the only volcano-free continent, though Antarctica has Mount Erebus beneath ice.
Other options people guess
- Africa
- Antarctica
- Europe
Topics
- volcanism
- geography
- geology
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