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Pantelleria Island

Pantelleria

Type
Shield volcano
Elevation
836m
Last eruption
1891
Pantelleria Island
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Type
Shield volcano
Country
Italy
Region
Europe / Sicily Volcanic Province
Elevation
836m
Coordinates
36.770, 12.020
Last eruption
1891
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Shield
Major rock type
Rhyolite

Geological summary

The island of Pantelleria is constructed above a drowned continental rift in the Strait of Sicily and has been the locus of intensive volcano-tectonic activity.

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From Wikipedia

Summary of the Wikipedia article “Pantelleria”

Pantelleria, known in ancient times as Cossyra or Cossura, is an island and comune (municipality) in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, 106 kilometres southwest of Sicily and 68 km (35 nmi) east of the Tunisian coast. Administratively, Pantelleria's comune belongs to the Province of Trapani in the autonomous island region of Sicily in southern Italy. It has 7,150 inhabitants.

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Eruption history

9 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
7
Uncertain eruptions
2
Span of confirmed record
7050 BCE – 1891
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 1 (1891)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
0
Summary (VEI over time)
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7050 BCE~6752 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?6156 BCE~5858 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?5858 BCE~5560 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?4666 BCE~4368 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI ?1089 BCE~791 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1593~1891 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 17050 BCE4964 BCE2579 BCE493 BCE1593

Detailed timeline

  1. 1891VEI 1Observed
    1891-10-17 – 1891-10-25
    Foerstner (4 km NNW of Pantelleria)
  2. 1891VEI ?Method not stated
    1891-12-16 – end unknown
    South of Pantelleria
  3. 1831VEI ?Method not stated
    1831-07-02 – end unknown
    Off the northern coast
  4. 1080 BCE (±300 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1080 BCE – end unknown
    Hingeline vent system
  5. 4430 BCE (±200 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    4430 BCE – end unknown
    Cuddia Randazzo
  6. 4550 BCE (±300 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    4550 BCE – end unknown
    Serra della Fastuca
  7. 5610 BCE (±100 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    5610 BCE – end unknown
    Punta Tracino
  8. 6130 BCE (±75 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    6130 BCE – end unknown
    Cuddia Patite ?
  9. 7050 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    7050 BCE – end unknown
    Cuddia di Mida, Valenza

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