This is a list of volcanoes that have had large explosive eruptions during the Holocene, with a VEI of 5 or higher, or plume height of at least 30 km. To date, there have been no eruptions with a confirmed VEI of 8 in the Holocene, and only a few VEI-7 eruptions are thought to have occurred during this time, with the most recent being the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora. This is not a complete list.