Portugal · Fissure vent
Monaco Bank
- Type
- Fissure vent
- Elevation
- 197m (submarine)
- Last eruption
- 1911
- Type
- Fissure vent
- Country
- Portugal
- Region
- Atlantic Ocean / Azores-Terceira Rift Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 197m (submarine)
- Coordinates
- 37.600, -25.880
- Last eruption
- 1911
- Tectonic setting
- Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Cluster
- Major rock type
- No data
Geological summary
Monaco Bank is a submarine volcano constructed along a NW-SE-trending fissure 20 km S of the western tip of Sao Miguel Island.
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From Wikipedia
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Monaco Bank is a submarine volcano in the Azores, which last erupted in 1911.
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Eruption history
2 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 2
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 1907 – 1911
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 1 (1911)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 2
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 1911VEI 1Observed1911-03-07 – end unknown
- 1907VEI 0Observed1907-04-01 – end unknown
Nearby volcanoes
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