GVP volcano 242030 · no holder yet
Raoul Island
Raoul Island is a 516 m stratovolcano in New Zealand, erupting as recently as 2006.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 516 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 2006
- Largest known
- VEI 6, colossal, 250 BCE
- Eruptions
- 17 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 29.27°S 177.92°W · New Zealand
- Region
- Northern Kermadec Volcanic Arc, Tonga-Kermadec Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 242030
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).