Spain · Fissure vent
Fuerteventura
- Type
- Fissure vent
- Elevation
- 529m
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Type
- Fissure vent
- Country
- Spain
- Region
- Northern Africa / Canary Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 529m
- Coordinates
- 28.358, -14.020
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Tectonic setting
- Intraplate / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
- Landform
- Cluster
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
Pleistocene and Holocene cinder cones and lava flows cover large portions of elongated Fuerteventura Island at the SE end of the Canary Islands.
Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →
Eruption history
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No eruption records available.
Nearby volcanoes
External links
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