GVP volcano 234001 · no holder yet
Amsterdam Island
Amsterdam Island is an 881 m stratovolcano in France, with no dated eruption on record.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 881 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- no dated eruption
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 0 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 37.83°S 77.52°E · France
- Region
- Amsterdam-St. Paul Hotspot Volcano Group, Somalian-Antarctic Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 234001
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).