Active volcanoes are volcanoes that have a record of eruption within the last 600 years or those that erupted 10,000 years ago. Inactive volcanoes are volcanoes that have no record of eruption yet.
An active volcano is a volcano that has recently erupted or erupted in the last 600 years. An inactive volcano has not yet erupted or has not erupted in a long time (About 800 years or so)
