There are many interesting sites to visit on the worldwide web to learn more about volcanoes and the science of volcanology. The sites listed below combine accurate scientific information along with interesting tidbits and spectacular images. Visit these sites to find out which volcanoes around the world are currently erupting or to research the geology and eruption history of a specific volcano.

http://volcano.und.edu/
Volcano World bills itself as "The Web's Premier Source of Volcano Info". This site has information on currently erupting volcanoes and allows you to search for volcanoes by name, region, or country. An archive containing a large number of images and movies of volcanoes is featured along with lesson plans for teachers, learning activities for students, and the opportunity to "Ask a Volcanologist" about volcanoes.

http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/
The Michigan Technological University Volcanoes Page has a large amount of detailed geological information about selected volcanoes along with information about recent volcanic activity around the world. Volcanoes can be selected from regional lists illustrated on a world reference map.

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/home.html
The USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory includes a wealth of information on the volcanoes of the Pacific northwest, including Mount Saint Helens. This site is particularly informative about the variety of geohazards associated with stratovolcano eruptions.

http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/hcv.html
The Hawaiian Center for Volcanology features extensive information about the well-known volcanoes which form the Hawaiian Islands.

http://griffy.nmt.edu/Geop/erebus.html
The Mount Erebus Volcano Observatory is devoted to the scientific investigation of the southernmost active volcano in the world - Mount Erebus in Antarctica.

http://vulcan.fis.uniroma3.it/
Information about the volcanoes of Italy from the Geophysical Group at the University of Rome. Especially interesting is the essay Volcanology From Myth to Science which discusses the ancient Greek and Roman ideas about volcanoes and the information about Mount Vesuvius which buried the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum during a massive eruption in A.D. 79.

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~volcano/
The Electronic Volcano, hosted by Dartmouth College. The Electronic Volcano is a window into the world of information on active volcanoes. From here you can find many types of materials on active volcanoes worldwide, such as maps, photographs and full texts of dissertations and a few elusive documents. The Electronic Volcano will guide you to resources in libraries or resources on other information servers.

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