| TAAL | Active volcano in The Philippines on the island of Luzon |
| CEBU | Island of the south central Philippines on which Ferdinand Magellan landed on April 7, 1521 (4) |
| MOUNTPINATUBO | Stratovolcano on the island of Luzon in the Philippines that erupted in 1991 after 600 years of dorm |
| MANILA | Capital on the island of Luzon |
| IGOROT | Member of a people of the mountains of Luzon in the Philippines (6) |
| NYIRAGONGO | Active volcano in the Virunga Mountains of east-central Africa. In 2002 the city of Goma was largely destroyed by its lava, leaving more than 100,000 people homeless and creating a refugee crisis. (10 |
| OJOSDELSALADO | Earth's highest active volcano, in the Andes on the Argentina-Chile border; Spanish, 'Eyes of Salt' (4,3,6) |
| MAUNALOA | Hawaii Island's 'Long Mountain'; the largest active volcano in the world (5,3) |
| PINATUBO | Mount ___ , volcano in the Philippines that erupted in 1991 (8) |
| TAGALOG | Member of a Filipino people living chiefly in the Manila region of Luzon island; also, their Austronesian language (7) |
| MINDORO | Mountainous island in central Philippines south of Luzon (7) |
| MOUNTETNA | Go up summits of Everest, Trivor, Nuptse and one of the most active volcanos in the world (5,4) |
| STROMBOLI | Active volcano in the Lipari Islands off north coast of Sicily (9) |
| RAINIER | Active volcano in the US state of Washington, Mount ... |
| ANDES | Home to the highest active volcano in the world |
| IRAZU | Active volcano, in the Cordillera Central, east-central Costa Rica. Its name originates from the indigenous word for "thunder." (5) |
| MTEREBUS | Southernmost active volcano in the world ... or a cryptic hint to certain squares in this puzzle |
| EREBUS | Southernmost active volcano in the world (5,6) |
| MOUNT | Southernmost active volcano in the world (5,6) |
| LASSEN | ___ Peak (active volcano in the Cascades) |
