GVP volcano 211070 · no holder yet
Campi Flegrei del Mar di Sicilia
Campi Flegrei del Mar di Sicilia is a submarine volcanic field 8 m under the Mediterranean Sea, last erupted in 1867.
- Type
- Volcanic field (cluster landform)
- Summit
- 8 m below sea level
- Rock
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite Basanite
- Setting
- Rift zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1867
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 1831
- Eruptions
- 6 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 37.10°N 12.70°E · The Mediterranean Sea
- Region
- Sicily Volcanic Province, European Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 211070
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).