Yemen · Stratovolcano
Jabal al-Tair Island
Tair, Jebel at
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 244m
- Last eruption
- 2008
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Yemen
- Region
- Eastern Africa / Red Sea Rift Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 244m
- Coordinates
- 15.550, 41.830
- Last eruption
- 2008
- Tectonic setting
- Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite basanite
Geological summary
The basaltic Jebel at Tair volcano rises from 1,200 m depth in the south-central Red Sea, forming an oval-shaped island about 3 km long.
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From Wikipedia
Jabal al-Tair Island is a roughly oval volcanic island in Yemen, northwest of the constricted Bab al-Mandab passage at the mouth of the Red Sea, about halfway between mainland Yemen and Eritrea. From 1996 until an eruption in 2007, Yemen maintained two watchtowers and a small military base on the island.
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Eruption history
5 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 5
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 1750 (±50 yrs) – 2008
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 3 (2007)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 1
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 2007VEI 3Observed2007-09-30 – 2008-06-16
- 1883VEI 2Observed1883-07-02 – end unknown
- 1863VEI 2Observed1863-07-02 – end unknown
- 1833VEI 2Observed1833-12-31 – end unknown
- 1750 (±50 yrs)VEI 2Observed1750 – end unknown
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