Ecuador · Vulcano a scudo
Volcán Wolf
Wolf
- Tipo
- Vulcano a scudo
- Altitudine
- 1710 m
- Ultima eruzione
- 2022
- Tipo
- Vulcano a scudo
- Paese
- Ecuador
- Regione
- Pacifico orientale / Galapagos Hotspot Volcano Group
- Altitudine
- 1710 m
- Coordinate
- 0.020, -91.350
- Ultima eruzione
- 2022
- Contesto tettonico
- Zona di rift / Crosta oceanica (< 15 km)
- Forma vulcanica
- A scudo
- Roccia principale
- Basalto / Picrobasalto
Sintesi geologica
Volcán Wolf, the highest volcano of the Galápagos Islands, straddles the equator at the north end of the archipelago's largest island, Isabela. The edifice has steeper slopes than most other Isabela volcanoes, reaching angles up to 35°. The summit caldera is 6 x 7 km across and 700 m deep. A prominent bench on the west side of the caldera rises 450 m above the caldera floor, much of which is covered by a lava flow erupted in 1982. Radial fissures concentrated along diffuse rift zones extend down the N, NW, and SE flanks, and submarine vents lie beyond the N and NW fissures. Similar unvegetated flows originating from a circumferential chain of spatter and scoria cones on the eastern caldera rim drape the forested flanks to the sea. The proportion of aa lava flows exceeds that of other Galápagos volcanoes. An eruption in 1797 was the first observed and documented in the Galápagos Islands.
Sintesi da Wikipedia
Riassunto in ingleseWolf Volcano, also known as Mount Whiton, is the highest peak in the Galápagos Islands. It is situated on Isabela Island and reaches 1,710 m (5,610 ft). It is a shield volcano with a characteristic upturned soup bowl shape.
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Storia delle eruzioni
17 registrateGlossarioCronologia dettagliata
- 2022VEI 2Osservata2022-01-06 – 2022-04-14
- 2015VEI 4Osservata2015-05-25 – 2015-07-16a fissure on the SE edge of the caldera, on the NE, E, and SE flanks, and within the summit caldera
- 1982VEI 1Osservata1982-08-28 – 1982-09-06Caldera and SE flank (875 m)
- 1973VEI ?Metodo non indicato1973-10-25 – 1973-10-29
- 1963VEI 0Osservata1963-03-04 – 1963-03-16SE flank (610 m)
- 1948VEI 2Osservata1948-01-24 – 1948-01-31SE flank (1200 m)
- 1938VEI ?Osservata1938-07-02 – fine sconosciuta
- 1935VEI ?Osservata1935-02-16 – fine sconosciuta
- 1933VEI 0Osservata1933-07-02 – fine sconosciuta
- 1925VEI 1Osservata1925-04-11 – 1926-03-26ESE flank
- 1859VEI ?Osservata1859-08-26 – 1859-08-29
- 1849VEI 0Osservata1849-09-27 – 1849-09-27Volcano Uncertain: either Wolf or Darwin
- 1800VEI 2Osservata1800-08-21 – 1800-08-21
- 1797VEI ?Osservata1797-08 – fine sconosciuta
- 1450VEI 0Stima geologica1450 – fine sconosciutaLower NE and SE flanks
- 950VEI 0Stima geologica950 – fine sconosciutaLower NE flank
- 150 (±800 anni)VEI 0Stima geologica150 – fine sconosciutaLower SW flank
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