Indonesia · Complex volcano
Banua Wuhu
- Type
- Complex volcano
- Elevation
- 5m (submarine)
- Last eruption
- 1919
- Type
- Complex volcano
- Country
- Indonesia
- Region
- Western Pacific / Sangihe Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 5m (submarine)
- Coordinates
- 3.146, 125.442
- Last eruption
- 1919
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary
The submarine Banua Wuhu volcanic cone lies ~600 m off the western coast of Mahengatang Island, the emergent summit of a large submarine edifice, in the Sangihe Islands.
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From Wikipedia
Banua Wuhu is a submarine volcano that rises more than 400 m (1,300 ft) from the sea floor in the Sangihe Islands of Indonesia. Historical records show that several ephemeral islands were formed and disappeared. A 90 m (300 ft) high island was formed in 1835, but then dwindled to only a few rocks in 1848. A new island was reportedly formed in 1889 and it was 50 m (160 ft) high in 1894. Another new island was formed in 1919 but then disappeared by 1935.
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Eruption history
7 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 6
- Uncertain eruptions
- 1
- Span of confirmed record
- 1835 – 1919
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 3 (1918)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 3
Detailed timeline
- 1968VEI 0Method not stated1968-09-05 – 1968-09-09
- 1918VEI 3Observed1918-07-18 – 1919-12-01
- 1904VEI 2Observed1904-04-17 – 1904-04-18
- 1904VEI 2Observed1904-08-27 – end unknown
- 1895VEI 2Observed1895-07-16 – 1895-12-26
- 1889VEI 2Observed1889-09-06 – 1889-09-09
- 1835VEI 2Observed1835-04-23 – 1835-04-26
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