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Giggenbach Seamount

Giggenbach

Type: Stratovolcano
Elevation: 65m (submarine)
Last eruption: Unknown

Giggenbach Seamount — Photo: Matt Stott, Microbiologist, Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences, Wairakei, New Zealand · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Type: Stratovolcano
Country: New Zealand
Region: Tonga & Kermadec / Middle Kermadec Volcanic Arc
Elevation: 65m (submarine)
Coordinates: -30.036, -178.712
Last eruption: Unknown
Tectonic setting: Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Landform: Composite
Major rock type: Basalt / Picro-basalt

Geological summary

Giggenbach, named after volcano gas geochemist Werner Giggenbach, is a basaltic-to-dacitic submarine volcano about 30 km NW of Macauley volcano.

Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →

Eruption history

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