GVP volcano 234060 · no holder yet
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island is a 672 m shield volcano in South Africa, with no dated eruption on record.
- Type
- Shield
- Summit
- 672 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
- 46.63°S 37.95°E · South Africa
- Region
- Marion Hotspot Volcano Group, Somalian-Antarctic Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 234060
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).