Ecuador · Vulcano a scudo
Pinta Island
Pinta
- Tipo
- Vulcano a scudo
- Altitudine
- 729 m
- Ultima eruzione
- Sconosciuto
- Tipo
- Vulcano a scudo
- Paese
- Ecuador
- Regione
- Pacifico orientale / Northern Galapagos Volcanic Province
- Altitudine
- 729 m
- Coordinate
- 0.586, -90.755
- Ultima eruzione
- Sconosciuto
- Contesto tettonico
- Zona di rift / Crosta oceanica (< 15 km)
- Forma vulcanica
- A scudo
- Roccia principale
- Basalto / Picrobasalto
Sintesi geologica
The elongated island of Pinta is a shield volcano with numerous cones and lava flows originating from NNW-trending fissures. A steep sea cliff truncates the W flank. The unvegetated lava flows that cover the SE and N flanks appear to have been erupted during the past few thousand or few hundred years (McBirney and Williams, 1969). Although an eruption was reported in 1928 (U.S. Hydrographic Office, 1938), no description or source of that event is given, so it is considered uncertain; no confirmed or dated eruptions are known.
Sintesi da Wikipedia
Riassunto in inglesePinta Island is one of the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador, west of South America. Pinta has an area of 60 km2 (23 sq mi) and a maximum altitude of 777 meters (2,549 ft).
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Storia delle eruzioni
1 registrateGlossarioCronologia dettagliata
- 1928VEI ?Osservata1928-07-02 – fine sconosciuta
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