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Table 1 Selected example maps for the different map classification categories. The Map ID can be appended to the URL https://volcanichazardmaps.org/map/?id=Map ID to view specific map information pages. Note that the maps listed here do not necessarily represent “type examples” or imply any judgement about map quality; rather these are merely examples of map classification categories. For more extensive examples, links are proved to the website map classification information pages. Where the volcano name on the map differs from the Global Volcanism Program (GVP) volcano name, the GVP volcano name is given in parentheses

From: The Volcanic Hazard Maps Database: an initiative of the IAVCEI Commission on Volcanic Hazards and Risk

Map classification category

Map ID

Volcano or Region

Country

Map Ref

Hazard Zone Presentation (https://volcanichazardmaps.org/hazard-presentation/)

 Hazard level-focused

456

Micotrin (Morne Trois Pitons)

Dominica

Page 32 in: Lindsay et al. (2005)

 Hazard level-focused (Administrative)

462

Soufrière Hills

Montserrat

Montserrat Volcano Observatory (2014)

 Hazard process-focused

455

Micotrin (Morne Trois Pitons)

Dominica

Page 31 in: Lindsay et al. (2005)

 Hazard process-focused (grouped by location)

594

Crater Lake

United States

Plate 1 in: Bacon et al. (1997)

 Hazard process-focused (grouped by process type)

582

California [regional]

United States

Plate 1 in: Miller (1989)

 Hazard process-focused (single hazard)

3352

San Salvador

El Salvador

Figure 107 in: Ferrés López (2014)

Temporal scale (https://volcanichazardmaps.org/timescale/)

 Background, long-term

474

Osorno

Chile

Moreno (1999)

 Crisis, short-term

646

Te Maari (Tongariro)

New Zealand

GNS Science (compiler) (2012)

 Crisis, very short-term

1379

Holuhraun (Askja) & Bárdarbunga

Iceland

Iceland Meteorological Office (IMO) (2014)

Spatial scale (https://volcanichazardmaps.org/spatial-scale/)

 Entire island

487

Mt. Scenery (Saba)

Saba

Page 189 in: Smith et al. (2005)

 Flank or drainage

1529

Tenerife

Spain

Sheet 1088-III in: Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME) (2006)

 Multiple/user selectable

963

Colima

Mexico

Universidad de Colima (2017)

 Regional

730

Chile [regional]

Chile

Lara et al. (2011)

 Summit

3493

Ruapehu

New Zealand

GNS Science (compiler) (2020)

 Volcano edifice and area

890

Egon

Indonesia

Sutawidjaja et al. (2005)

Zonation Methodology (https://volcanichazardmaps.org/method/)

 Community participation

663

Ambae

Vanuatu

Figure 4 in: Cronin et al. (2004)

 Derived or simplified

1112

Mount St. Helens (St. Helens)

United States

Wolfe et al. (2014)

 Geological history

511

Villarrica

Chile

Moreno (2000)

 Probabilistic modeling

945

Etna

Italy

Figure 3 in: Del Negro et al. (2013)

 Scenario-based modeling

1554

Fuego

Guatemala

Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanologia, Meteorologia e Hidrología (INSIVUMEH) et al. (2018)

Scenarios (https://volcanichazardmaps.org/scenario-types/)

 Analog volcano(es)

1084

Mount Adams (Adams)

United States

Plate 1 in: Scott et al. (1995)

 Composition

586

Lassen Volcanic Center

United States

Plate 1 in: Clynne et al. (2012)

 Eruption or hazard process size

1000

El Misti

Peru

Mariño et al. (2008)

 Eruption or hazard process style

657

Soufrière Volcanic Center (Qualibou)

Saint Lucia

Pocket Insert in: Lindsay (2005)

 Hypothetical

1466

Savai'i

Samoa

Figure 4 in: Cronin et al. (2006)

 Location or direction

1398

Vesuvius

Italy

Figure 9 in: Tierz et al. (2017)

 Most-likely

423

Dominica

Dominica

Page 43 in: Lindsay et al. (2005)

 Season or weather

749

Mentolat

Chile

Kraus (2012)

 Specific or current conditions

1221

Villarrica

Chile

Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN) Observatorio Volcanológico de los Andes del Sur (OVDAS) (2015)

 Specific past eruption(s)

812

Nevado del Ruiz

Colombia

Parra et al. (2007)

 Worst-case

3455

Popocatépetl

Mexico

Figure 121 in: Martin Del Pozzo et al. (2017)

Basemap (https://volcanichazardmaps.org/map-design/#basemap)

 Contour lines or topographic map

1613

Ticsani

Peru

Figure 15 in: Mariño & Thouret (2003)

 DEM

468

Nevado del Ruiz

Colombia

World Food Programme (2012)

 Hillshade

3836

Momotombo

Nicaragua

Figure 18 in: Sistema Nacional de Prevención y Atención de Desastres (SINAPRED) (2009)

 Photograph

3493

Ruapehu

New Zealand

GNS Science (compiler) (2020)

 Satellite image

1008

Sabancaya

Peru

Instituto Geológico Minero y Metalúrgico (INGEMMET) (2019)

 Simple

495

St. Catherine

Grenada

Page 61 in: Robertson (2005)

 Street map

582

California [regional]

United States

Plate 1 in: Miller (1989)

 Trail or hiking map

3229

Adatarayama

Japan

Adatarayama Volcanic Disaster Management Council (2019)

Dimensionality or Map View (https://volcanichazardmaps.org/map-design/#view)

 Cross-sectional view

1472

Lascar

Chile

Figure 8 in: Bertin (2017)

 Oblique/3D/perspective view

1597

Ambae

Vanuatu

Vanuatu Meteorology & Geo-Hazards Department (2020)

 Planimetric/2D/map view

873

Agung

Indonesia

Kusnadi et al. (2015)

Hazard Zone Uncertainty (https://volcanichazardmaps.org/hazard-zone-uncertainty/)

 Buffer zones

1564

Pinatubo

Philippines

Figure 5 in: Punongbayan et al. (1996)

 Color gradation

1135

Three Sisters

United States

Scott et al. (2014)

 Confidence bounds

3315

Rincón de la Vieja

Costa Rica

Figure 9 in: Alpízar Segura (2018)

 Fuzzy boundaries

3490

Ruapehu

New Zealand

GNS Science (compiler) (2022)

 Symbology

547

Haleakala

United States

Plate 1 in: Crandell (1983)

 Versions

1467

Savai'i

Samoa

Figure 6 in: Cronin et al. (2006)