United Kingdom · Stratovolcano
Ascension Parish
Ascension
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 822m
- Last eruption
- 1508
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Atlantic Ocean / Central Mid-Atlantic Rift Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 822m
- Coordinates
- -7.946, -14.367
- Last eruption
- 1508
- Tectonic setting
- Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
Ascensión Island, just west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge ~2,250 km E of the eastern-most point of Brazil, is the 12-km-diameter emergent summit of a stratovolcano that rises ~3,000 m above the seafloor.
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From Wikipedia
Ascension Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 126,500. Its parish seat is Donaldsonville. The parish was created in 1807. Ascension Parish is part of the Baton Rouge metropolitan statistical area.
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Eruption history
3 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 3
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 378 (±370 yrs) – 1508
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 0 (1508, the most recent of 3)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 1508 (±180 yrs)VEI 0Geological estimate1508 – end unknownSouth Sisters lava flow
- 1468 (±120 yrs)VEI 0Geological estimate1468 – end unknownComfortless Cove lava flow
- 378 (±370 yrs)VEI 0Geological estimate378 – end unknownDavidson lava flow
Nearby volcanoes
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