Volcanoes that have produced explosive VEI-7 eruptions. Such eruptions release a tephra volume of at least 100 km3 (24 cu mi) with devastating long-term effects on the surrounding area and profound short-term effects on global climate.
For smaller volcanoes that have erupted at least 10 km3 (2.4 cu mi) of tephra at a time, see Category:VEI-6 volcanoes.
For larger volcanoes that have erupted at least 1,000 km3 (240 cu mi) of tephra at a time, see Category:VEI-8 volcanoes.
The only unambiguous VEI-7 eruption to have been directly observed in recorded history was Mount Tambora in 1815 and caused the Year Without a Summer in 1816.
The Minoan eruption of Thera in the middle of the second millennium BC may have been VEI-7, but may have been just shy of the 100 cubic kilometers required.
Lake Taupō also had a VEI-7 eruption at about 232, but it was not directly observed in written record. It may have been indirectly observed due to the effects of ash clouds, that are postulated to have been noted in the Roman Empire and Han Dynasty China.