United Kingdom · Shield volcano
Tristan da Cunha
- Type
- Shield volcano
- Elevation
- 2060m
- Last eruption
- 1962
- Type
- Shield volcano
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Atlantic Ocean / Southern Atlantic Volcano Group
- Elevation
- 2060m
- Coordinates
- -37.092, -12.280
- Last eruption
- 1962
- Tectonic setting
- Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Shield
- Major rock type
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite basanite
Geological summary
Tristan da Cunha is a 13-km-wide island volcano lying about 500 km E of the crest of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge just south of the latitudes of Buenos Aires and Cape Town.
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From Wikipedia
Summary of the Wikipedia article “Tristan da Cunha”
Tristan da Cunha, colloquially known as Tristan, is a remote group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is one of three constituent parts of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, with its own constitution.
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Eruption history
2 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 2
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 1700 (±50 yrs) – 1962
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 2 (1961)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 1
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 1961VEI 2Observed1961-10-10 – 1962-03-15North flank
- 1700 (±50 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate1700 – end unknownSouth flank
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