Netherlands · Stratovolcano
Mount Scenery
Saba
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 887m
- Last eruption
- 1640
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Netherlands
- Region
- Middle America & Caribbean / Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 887m
- Coordinates
- 17.630, -63.230
- Last eruption
- 1640
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary
Saba, the northernmost active volcano of the West Indies, is a 5-km-diameter island forming the upper half of a large stratovolcano that rises 1,500 m above the sea floor.
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From Wikipedia
Mount Scenery is a dormant volcano in the Caribbean Netherlands. Its lava dome forms the summit of the Saba island stratovolcano. At an elevation of 870 m (2,854 ft), it is the highest point in both the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and, since the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles on 10 October 2010, the highest point in the Netherlands proper.
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Eruption history
1 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 1
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 1640 – 1640
- Largest confirmed eruption
- No VEI recorded
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 1640VEI ?Observed1640 – end unknownSW flank
Nearby volcanoes
External links
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