Francia (reclamado por Vanuatu) · Estratovolcán
Islas Matthew y Hunter
Matthew Island
- Tipo
- Estratovolcán
- Altitud
- 177 m
- Última erupción
- 1956
- Tipo
- Estratovolcán
- País
- Francia (reclamado por Vanuatu)
- Región
- Pacífico Suroccidental / Vanuatu Volcanic Arc
- Altitud
- 177 m
- Coordenadas
- -22.330, 171.320
- Última erupción
- 1956
- Contexto tectónico
- Zona de subducción / Espesor de corteza desconocido
- Forma volcánica
- Compuesto
- Roca principal
- Andesita / Andesita basáltica
Resumen geológico
Matthew Island is composed of two low andesitic-to-dacitic cones separated by a narrow isthmus. The Matthew name originates from an English mariner who sighted the island in 1788. Only the triangular eastern portion of the 0.6 x 1.2 km island was present prior to the 1940s, when construction of the larger western segment began; it consists primarily of lava flows. The western cone contains a crater that is breached to the NW and is filled by a lava flow whose terminus forms the NW coast.
Resumen de Wikipedia
Resumen en inglésMatthew Island and Hunter Island are two uninhabited volcanic islands in the South Pacific, 300 kilometres (190 mi) east of New Caledonia and south-east of Vanuatu. The pair, which lie 70 km (43 mi) apart, are claimed by Vanuatu as part of Tafea Province, and considered by the people of Aneityum part of their custom ownership, but also claimed by France as part of New Caledonia.
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Historial de erupciones
7 registradasGlosarioLínea de tiempo detallada
- 1976VEI 1Método no indicado1976-11-27 – fin desconocido
- 1966VEI ?Método no indicado1966-08-16 – fin desconocido
- 1963VEI 0Observado1963-09-11 – 1964-07-02Norfolk Island Ridge
- 1956 (±2 años)VEI 0Observado1956-07-02 – fin desconocidoWest-Matthew
- 1954VEI 2Observado1954-10-16 – fin desconocidoWest-Matthew (October 1954, not 1953)
- 1949VEI 2Observado1949-07-02 – fin desconocidoWest-Matthew
- 1828VEI ?Método no indicado1828-01-16 – fin desconocido
Volcanes cercanos
Enlaces externos
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