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Grenada · Complex volcano

Kick-'em-Jenny

Kick 'em Jenny

Type
Complex volcano
Elevation
185m (submarine)
Last eruption
2017
Kick-'em-Jenny
Photo: Doug Wilson, NOAA · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Complex volcano
Country
Grenada
Region
Middle America & Caribbean / Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc
Elevation
185m (submarine)
Coordinates
12.300, -61.640
Last eruption
2017
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-basalt

Geological summary

Kick 'em Jenny, an active submarine volcano 8 km off the N shore of Grenada, rises 1,300 m from the sea floor.

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

From Wikipedia

Kick 'em Jenny is an active submarine volcano or seamount on the Caribbean Sea floor, located 8 km (5 mi) north of the island of Grenada and about 8 km (5 mi) west of Ronde Island in the Grenadines. Kick-'em-Jenny rises 1,300 m (4,265 ft) above the sea floor on the steep inner western slope of the Lesser Antilles ridge. The South American tectonic plate is subducting the Caribbean tectonic plate to the east of this ridge and under the Lesser Antilles island arc.

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Eruption history

15 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
15
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
1000 (±200 yrs) – 2017
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 1 (1939)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
14
Summary (VEI over time)
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1000~1102 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1915~2017 · 14 eruptions · max VEI 110001203150917121915

Detailed timeline

  1. 2017VEI 0Observed
    2017-04-29 – 2017-04-29
  2. 2015VEI 0Observed
    2015-07-23 – 2015-07-24
    Submarine
  3. 2001VEI 0Observed
    2001-12-04 – 2001-12-06
  4. 1990VEI 0Observed
    1990-03-26 – 1990-03-28
  5. 1988VEI 0Observed
    1988-12-29 – 1988-12-30
  6. 1977VEI 0Observed
    1977-01-14 – 1977-01-14
  7. 1977VEI 0Observed
    1977-11-11 – end unknown
  8. 1974VEI 0Observed
    1974-09-05 – 1974-09-06
  9. 1972VEI 0Observed
    1972-07-05 – 1972-07-05
  10. 1966VEI 0Observed
    1966-05-05 – 1966-08-06
  11. 1965VEI 0Observed
    1965-10-24 – 1965-10-24
  12. 1953VEI 0Observed
    1953-10-30 – 1953-10-30
  13. 1943VEI 0Observed
    1943-10-05 – 1943-10-06
  14. 1939VEI 1Observed
    1939-07-24 – 1939-07-24
  15. 1000 (±200 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1000 – end unknown
    Ile de Caille

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