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Las Cumbres

Fernandina

Type
Shield volcano
Elevation
1476m
Last eruption
2024
Las Cumbres
Photo: unnamed NASA astronaut · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Shield volcano
Country
Ecuador
Region
Eastern Pacific / Galapagos Hotspot Volcano Group
Elevation
1476m
Coordinates
-0.370, -91.550
Last eruption
2024
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Landform
Shield
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-basalt

Geological summary

Fernandina, the most active of Galápagos volcanoes and the one closest to the Galápagos mantle plume, is a basaltic shield volcano with a deep 5 x 6.5 km summit caldera.

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

From Wikipedia

La Cumbre is a shield volcano on Fernandina Island in the Galápagos Islands. La Cumbre is also the youngest volcano in the Galápagos Islands.

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Eruption history

33 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
33
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
950 (±500 yrs) – 2024
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 4 (1968)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
23
Summary (VEI over time)
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950~1057 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 01057~1165 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 01487~1594 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 01809~1917 · 7 eruptions · max VEI 31917~2024 · 23 eruptions · max VEI 49501165148717021917

Detailed timeline

  1. 2024VEI 1Observed
    2024-03-02 – 2024-05-08
    SE flank
  2. 2020VEI 0Observed
    2020-01-12 – 2020-01-13
  3. 2018VEI 1Observed
    2018-06-16 – 2018-06-21
    Radial fissure on NNE flank
  4. 2017VEI 2Observed
    2017-09-04 – 2017-09-08
    SSW caldera rim and La Cumbre crater
  5. 2009VEI 2Observed
    2009-04-10 – 2009-04-28
    SW flank (400 m)
  6. 2005VEI 2Observed
    2005-05-13 – 2005-05-29
    South caldera rim
  7. 1995VEI 2Observed
    1995-01-25 – 1995-04-08
    SW flank
  8. 1991VEI 2Observed
    1991-04-19 – 1991-04-24
    Base of ESE and NW caldera wall
  9. 1988VEI 2Observed
    1988-09-14 – 1988-09-16
    East caldera wall
  10. 1984VEI 1Observed
    1984-03-30 – end unknown
    NW corner of caldera
  11. 1981VEI 0Observed
    1981-08-01 – end unknown
    South caldera rim
  12. 1978VEI 2Observed
    1978-08-08 – 1978-08-26
    NW caldera bench
  13. 1977VEI 1Observed
    1977-03-23 – 1977-03-27
    SE caldera bench
  14. 1973VEI 2Observed
    1973-12-09 – 1973-12-16
    ESE caldera wall
  15. 1972VEI 0Observed
    1972-06-04 – end unknown
    SE caldera bench
  16. 1968VEI 2Observed
    1968-05-21 – 1968-05-23
    ESE flank (600 m)
  17. 1968VEI 4Observed
    1968-06-11 – 1968-07-04
    West caldera wall
  18. 1961VEI 2Observed
    1961-03-21 – 1961-09-16
    SE flank
  19. 1958VEI 2Observed
    1958-09-16 – 1958-12-30
    SE, SW and west caldera rim
  20. 1937VEI 0Observed
    1937-03-16 – 1937-04-16
  21. 1927VEI 0Observed
    1927-12-13 – end unknown
    South flank near Punta Mangle
  22. 1926VEI ?Observed
    1926-07-02 – end unknown
  23. 1917VEI 0Observed
    1917-05-14 – end unknown
    Cape Hammond (SW flank)
  24. 1888VEI 1Observed
    1888-04-10 – end unknown
  25. 1846VEI 0Observed
    1846-11-06 – 1846-11-24
    East flank
  26. 1825VEI 3Observed
    1825-02-14 – 1825-10-16
    East summit and SE flank
  27. 1819VEI 2Observed
    1819-05-15 – 1819-05-18
  28. 1817VEI 2Method not stated
    1817-07-02 – end unknown
    Volcano Uncertain: Western Galápagos
  29. 1814VEI 2Observed
    1814-07-16 – 1814-08-16
  30. 1813VEI 2Observed
    1813-07-14 – end unknown
    South flank
  31. 1550VEI 0Geological estimate
    1550 – end unknown
  32. 1150VEI 0Geological estimate
    1150 – end unknown
  33. 950 (±500 yrs)VEI 0Geological estimate
    950 – end unknown

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