List of shield volcanoes

This list of shield volcanoes includes active, dormant and extinct shield volcanoes. Shield volcanoes are one of the three types[specify] of volcanoes. They have a short cone shape, and have basaltic lava which means the lava has low viscosity (viscosity is a measure of the ability for a liquid to flow)

Eruption of Kīlauea in 1954
Erta Ale
The erupting lava from Piton de la Fournaise met the water of the Indian Ocean during the August 2004 eruption.
On the path to the summit of Mount Warning
Skjaldbreiður as seen from Þingvellir