Undersea features · Fissure vent
Unnamed submarine volcano
Southern EPR at 8°S
- Type
- Fissure vent
- Elevation
- 2800m (submarine)
- Last eruption
- 1969
- Type
- Fissure vent
- Country
- Undersea features
- Region
- Southern Pacific / Southern East Pacific Rise Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 2800m (submarine)
- Coordinates
- -8.270, -107.950
- Last eruption
- 1969
- Tectonic setting
- Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Cluster
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
A massive 15 +/- 4 km3 lava flow field covers about 220 km2 of the East Pacific Rise (EPR) axis crest at about 8°S.
Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →
Eruption history
1 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 1
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 1964 – 1969
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 0 (1964)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 1
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 1964VEI 0Observed1964-07-02 – 1969-07-02East Pacific Rise (8.3°S)
Nearby volcanoes
External links
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- Smithsonian GVP source page
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