GVP volcano 241050 · no holder yet
Okataina
Okataina is a 1,111 m lava dome in New Zealand, last erupted in 1981.
- Type
- Lava dome(s) (cluster landform)
- Summit
- 1,111 m above sea level
- Rock
- Rhyolite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1981
- Largest known
- VEI 5, paroxysmal, 1886
- Eruptions
- 31 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 38.16°S 176.51°E · New Zealand
- Region
- Taupo Volcanic Arc, Tonga-Kermadec Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 241050
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).