GVP volcano 242021 · no holder yet
Macauley
Macauley is a 238 m caldera in New Zealand, last erupted around 4360 BCE.
- Type
- Caldera
- Summit
- 238 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 4360 BCE
- Largest known
- VEI 6, colossal, 4360 BCE
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 30.21°S 178.47°W · New Zealand
- Region
- Middle Kermadec Volcanic Arc, Tonga-Kermadec Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 242021
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).