Spain · Shield volcano
El Hierro
Hierro
- Type
- Shield volcano
- Elevation
- 1500m
- Last eruption
- 2012
- Type
- Shield volcano
- Country
- Spain
- Region
- Northern Africa / Canary Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 1500m
- Coordinates
- 27.730, -18.030
- Last eruption
- 2012
- Tectonic setting
- Intraplate / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Shield
- Major rock type
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite basanite
Geological summary
The triangular island of Hierro is the SW-most and least studied of the Canary Islands. The massive shield volcano is truncated by a large NW-facing escarpment formed as a result of gravitational collapse of El Golfo volcano about 130,000 years ago.
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From Wikipedia
El Hierro, nicknamed Isla del Meridiano, is the southernmost and westernmost of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa, with a population of 11,659 (2023). Its capital is Valverde. At 268.51 square kilometres (103.67 sq mi), it is the second-smallest of the eight inhabited islands of the Canaries, with La Graciosa being the smallest.
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Eruption history
7 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 4
- Uncertain eruptions
- 3
- Span of confirmed record
- 4790 BCE – 2012
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 2 (2011)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 1
Detailed timeline
- 2011VEI 2Observed2011-10-10 – 2012-03-05Submarine S flank, Tagaro cone
- 1793VEI 0Method not stated1793-05 – 1793-06NW rift (Volcán de Lomo Negro)?
- 1692VEI ?Method not stated1692 – end unknown
- 1677VEI ?Method not stated1677 – end unknown
- 550 BCE (±75 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate550 BCE – end unknownMontañas Chamuscada-Entremontañas
- 950 BCE (±150 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate950 BCE – end unknownEast flank (Soliman)
- 4790 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate4790 BCE – end unknown
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