Indonesia · Stratovolcano
Mare Island
Mare
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 308m
- Last eruption
- Unknown
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- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Indonesia
- Region
- Western Pacific / Halmahera Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 308m
- Coordinates
- 0.570, 127.400
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary
The small volcanic island of Mare, immediately south of Tidore, was mapped as Holocene in age by Apandi and Sudana (1980). The 2 x 3 km island, part of a chain of volcanic islands off the western coast of Halmahera Island, is elongated in a NE-SW direction. A large breached crater at the andesitic volcano is located off the SW tip of the island.
From Wikipedia
Mare is a small volcanic island to the west of Halmahera island, Indonesia. Measuring 2 km by 3 km, the island covers a land area of 6.09 km2, and is part of the volcanic arc chain of stratovolcanoes what lie off the west coast of Halmhera, from Hiri in the north to Makian in the south. Historically, once discovered by the modern Europeans in the late 17th century, the Europeans, had come to colonize the people and introduce the system of Mercantilism.
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Eruption history
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No eruption records available.
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