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Protector Shoal
Protector Seamounts
- Type
- Volcanic field
- Elevation
- 55m (submarine)
- Last eruption
- 1962
- Type
- Volcanic field
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Antarctic & Scotia / South Sandwich Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 55m (submarine)
- Coordinates
- -55.912, -28.167
- Last eruption
- 1962
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Cluster
- Major rock type
- Rhyolite
Geological summary
The Protector Seamounts, located 30 km NW of Zavodovski Island, form the northernmost volcanic region of the South Sandwich volcanic arc.
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From Wikipedia
Protector Shoal is the shallowest point of the Protector Seamounts, a group of submarine volcanoes in the Southern Ocean. They are part of the South Sandwich island arc, a volcanic arc that has given rise to the South Sandwich Islands. Protector Shoal reaches a depth of 55 metres (180 ft) below sea level and is part of a larger group of seamounts that formed atop a larger ridge. Some of these seamounts bear traces of sector collapses, and one is capped by nested calderas.
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Eruption history
1 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 1
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 1962 – 1962
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 1 (1962)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 1
Detailed timeline
- 1962VEI 1Observed1962-03-05 – 1962-03-05
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