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Lanzarote

Type
Fissure vent
Elevation
670m
Last eruption
1824
Lanzarote
Photo: NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Kathryn Hansen. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Fissure vent
Country
Spain
Region
Northern Africa / Canary Volcanic Province
Elevation
670m
Coordinates
29.030, -13.630
Last eruption
1824
Tectonic setting
Intraplate / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
Landform
Cluster
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-basalt

Geological summary

The 60-km-long island of Lanzarote at the NE end of the Canary Islands contains the largest concentration of youthful volcanism in the Canaries.

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

From Wikipedia

Lanzarote is a Spanish island, the easternmost of the Canary Islands, 125 kilometres off the north coast of Africa and 1,000 kilometres from the Iberian Peninsula.

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Eruption history

4 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
4
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
500 (±50 yrs) – 1824
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 3 (1730)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
0
Summary (VEI over time)
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500~632 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?632~765 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1692~1824 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 3500765116214271692

Detailed timeline

  1. 1824VEI 2Observed
    1824-07-31 – 1824-10-24
    Tao, Nuevo del Fuego, Tinguatón
  2. 1730VEI 3Observed
    1730-09-01 – 1736-04-16
    Montañas del Fuego
  3. 700 (±50 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    700 – end unknown
    Mazo, Santa Catalina, Corazoncillo
  4. 500 (±50 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    500 – end unknown
    Montaña de Juan Perdomo

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