GVP volcano 234070 · no holder yet
Marion Island
Marion Island is a 1,230 m shield volcano in South Africa, erupting as recently as 2004.
- Type
- Shield(s) (shield landform)
- Summit
- 1,230 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 2004
- Largest known
- VEI 1, gentle, 2004
- Eruptions
- 2 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 46.90°S 37.75°E · South Africa
- Region
- Marion Hotspot Volcano Group, Somalian-Antarctic Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 234070
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).