United Kingdom · Stratovolcano
Candlemas Island
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 550m
- Last eruption
- 1911
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Antarctic & Scotia / South Sandwich Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 550m
- Coordinates
- -57.080, -26.670
- Last eruption
- 1911
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
The southern end of Candlemas Island consists of an eroded, glacier-covered basaltic stratovolcano cut by steep cliffs on the east.
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From Wikipedia
Candlemas Island is a small uninhabited island of the Candlemas Islands in the South Sandwich Islands. It is one of about a dozen islands that make up the South Sandwich island arc, a chain of volcanoes in the Southern Ocean that was discovered in 1775 by James Cook. The volcanism is caused by the subduction of the South American Plate beneath the Sandwich Plate. The island is remote and rarely visited due to the often hostile weather conditions, but is populated by penguins and seabirds, which form large breeding colonies.
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Eruption history
4 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 3
- Uncertain eruptions
- 1
- Span of confirmed record
- 1250 BCE – 1911
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 2 (1911, the most recent of 2)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 1
Detailed timeline
- 1953VEI 0Method not stated1953-12-31 – end unknownNW flank (Lucifer Hill)
- 1911VEI 2Observed1911-11-06 – end unknownNW flank (Lucifer Hill)
- 1823VEI 2Observed1823-07-02 – end unknownNW flank (Lucifer Hill)
- 1250 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate1250 BCE – end unknownS Sandwich Is (probably Candlemass)
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