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St. Kitts & Nevis · Stratovolcano

Mount Liamuiga

Liamuiga

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1156m
Last eruption
160
Mount Liamuiga
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
St. Kitts & Nevis
Region
Middle America & Caribbean / Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1156m
Coordinates
17.370, -62.800
Last eruption
160
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

Mount Liamuiga volcano, comprising the NW end of St. Kitts Island, contains a steep-walled, 1-km-wide summit crater, which contained a shallow lake until 1959.

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From Wikipedia

Mount Liamuiga is a 1,156-metre (3,792 ft) stratovolcano which forms the north-western part of the island of Saint Kitts. The peak is the highest point on the island of Saint Kitts, in the federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, and in the entire British Leeward Islands, as well as one of the tallest peaks in the eastern Caribbean archipelago. The peak is topped by a 1-kilometre (0.6 mi) wide summit crater, which contained a shallow crater lake until 1959. As of 2006, the crater lake had re-formed. The last verified eruptions from the volcano were about 1,800 years ago, while reports of possible eruptions in 1692 and 1843 are considered uncertain.

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Eruption history

5 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
3
Uncertain eruptions
2
Span of confirmed record
2010 BCE (±150 yrs) – 160
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 4 (160, the most recent of 2)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
0
Summary (VEI over time)
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2010 BCE~1817 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 483 BCE~109 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?109~302 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 41650~1843 · 2 eruptions · max VEI ?2010 BCE1047 BCE83 BCE6871650

Detailed timeline

  1. 1843VEI ?Method not stated
    1843-02-08 – end unknown
  2. 1692VEI ?Method not stated
    1692 – end unknown
  3. 160 (±200 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate
    160 – end unknown
  4. 60 (±100 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    60 – end unknown
  5. 2010 BCE (±150 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate
    2010 BCE – end unknown

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