Skip to main content
Back to map
CompareShow on map

Solomon Islands · Stratovolcano

Simbo

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
335m
Last eruption
1910
The saltwater Lake Ove in the foreground is seen from the rim of Ngusunu crater with the W coast of Simbo Island in the background. Simbo is a small island in the western Solomon Islands with three truncated andesitic volcanic centers. Indigenous people’s accounts told of the explosive enlargement of the Ngusunu explosion crater along the SW coast of the island one to two generations prior to 1955 and probably after 1882. Press reports mentioned an eruption at Simbo in the early 1900s.
The saltwater Lake Ove in the foreground is seen from the rim of Ngusunu crater with the W coast of Simbo Island in the background. Simbo is a small island in the western Solomon Islands with three truncated andesitic volcanic centers. Indigenous people’s accounts told of the explosive enlargement of the Ngusunu explosion crater along the SW coast of the island one to two generations prior to 1955 and probably after 1882. Press reports mentioned an eruption at Simbo in the early 1900s. · Photo: Photo by Chris Lyne, 2005.
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Solomon Islands
Region
Southwestern Pacific / Solomon Volcanic Province
Elevation
335m
Coordinates
-8.292, 156.520
Last eruption
1910
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Crustal thickness unknown
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

Simbo is a small island in the western Solomons with three truncated andesitic volcanic centers. The only Potassium-Argon date (2.3 +/- 1 million years ago from Mount Patukio) suggests a Pliocene-to-Pleistocene age for the island (Solomon Islands Geological Survey, 1982).

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

From Wikipedia

Simbo is an island in Western Province, Solomon Islands. It was known to early Europeans as Eddystone Island. The islanders have their unique language spoken nowhere else.

Wikipedia · CC BY-SA · Read full article →

Eruption history

1 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
1
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
1910 (±10 yrs) – 1910
Largest confirmed eruption
No VEI recorded
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
1
Summary (VEI over time)
Click a bar to see individual eruptions · Use arrow keys to move between bars, Enter to open
1910~1910 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?19101910191119111911

Detailed timeline

  1. 1910 (±10 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1910-07-02 – end unknown
    Ngusuna crater?

Nearby volcanoes

External links

⚠ For reference only. Not for emergency response.