GVP volcano 234000 · no holder yet
Boomerang Seamount
Boomerang Seamount is a submarine caldera 650 m under the Indian Ocean, last erupted in 1995.
- Type
- Caldera
- Summit
- 650 m below sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1995
- Largest known
- VEI 0, non-explosive, 1995
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 37.72°S 77.82°E · The Indian Ocean
- Region
- Amsterdam-St. Paul Hotspot Volcano Group, Somalian-Antarctic Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 234000
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).