Volcano Emoji

Travel

A craggy, brown mountain with glowing red lava spilling down its sides and a plume of thick grey smoke rising from the peak. It depicts the violent release of molten rock and gas from the earth's crust.

Usage Context

Frequently used to describe intense anger, a sudden explosion of emotion, or a chaotic, high-pressure situation. It is also the go-to graphic for discussing natural disasters or geology, often paired with the 🔥 fire emoji to emphasize heat or the 💥 collision emoji to signal a volatile event.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010, the volcano emoji was part of a major expansion that brought more diverse natural phenomena to digital keyboards, reflecting a broader shift toward using descriptive icons to set the mood of text-based messages.

Details

Glyph

🌋

Unicode

U+1F30B

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f30b:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDF0B;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Travel

Subcategory place-geographic

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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