United Kingdom · Stratovolcano
Bristol Island
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 1100m
- Last eruption
- 2016
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Antarctic & Scotia / South Sandwich Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 1100m
- Coordinates
- -59.017, -26.533
- Last eruption
- 2016
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
The 9 x 10 km Bristol Island near the southern end of the South Sandwich arc lies across Fortser's Passage from the Southern Thule Islands and forms one of the largest islands of the chain.
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From Wikipedia
Bristol Island is an uninhabited island in the South Sandwich Islands, an archipelago in the Southern Ocean. The island is almost entirely surrounded by ice cliffs and largely covered with ice. It features both the oldest rocks of this archipelago and an active volcano that last erupted in 2016.
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Eruption history
6 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 6
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 1823 – 2016
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 3 (1956)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 5
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 2016VEI 1Observed2016-04-24 – 2016-07-26Main crater, Mt. Sourabaya
- 1956VEI 3Observed1956-01-11 – 1956-01-19West flank
- 1950VEI 2Observed1950-03-27 – end unknown
- 1936VEI 2Observed1936-12-18 – 1937-01-01
- 1935VEI 2Observed1935-12-31 – end unknown
- 1823VEI 2Observed1823-07-02 – end unknown
Nearby volcanoes
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