Traitor's Head

Vanuatu · Estratovolcán

Traitor's Head

Tipo: Estratovolcán
Altitud: 817 m
Última erupción: 1881

The peninsula at the top of this Space Shuttle image of Erromango Island (N is approximately to the left) is the Traitor's Head Peninsula. Three Holocene cones at Traitor's Head are the youngest on the 50-km-long island. The volcanoes initially formed an offshore island that later joined the mainland through uplift. The only documented activity at Erromango was a submarine vent that erupted in 1881. · Foto: NASA Space Shuttle image STS68-220-4, 1994 (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/).

Tipo: Estratovolcán
País: Vanuatu
Región: Pacífico Suroccidental / Vanuatu Volcanic Arc
Altitud: 817 m
Coordenadas: -18.754, 169.238
Última erupción: 1881
Contexto tectónico: Zona de subducción / Corteza intermedia (15-25 km)
Forma volcánica: Compuesto
Roca principal: Basalto / Picrobasalto

Resumen geológico

Original en inglés

The Traitor's Head peninsula north of Cook Bay on eastern Erromango Island is comprised of three Holocene volcanic cones that are the youngest on the 50-km-long island.

Extracto del Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Leer el resumen completo en el GVP →