Antarctica · Stratovolcano
Buckle Island
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 1239m
- Last eruption
- 1899
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Antarctica
- Region
- Antarctic & Scotia / Balleny Hotspot Volcano Group
- Elevation
- 1239m
- Coordinates
- -66.780, 163.250
- Last eruption
- 1899
- Tectonic setting
- Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite basanite
Geological summary
Buckle Island is in the center of a 160-km-long chain of volcanic islands forming the Balleny Islands off the coast of Antarctica's Victoria Land.
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From Wikipedia
Buckle Island is one of the three main islands in the uninhabited Balleny Islands group located in the Southern Ocean. It lies 25 km (16 mi) north-west of Sturge Island and 8 km (5 mi) south-east of Young Island, some 110 km (68 mi) north-north-east of Belousov Point on the Antarctic mainland.
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Eruption history
2 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 2
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 1839 – 1899
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 2 (1899, the most recent of 2)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 1899VEI 2Observed1899-01-12 – end unknown
- 1839VEI 2Observed1839-02-09 – end unknown
Nearby volcanoes
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