GVP volcano 242050 · no holder yet
Monowai
Monowai is a submarine stratovolcano 132 m under the Pacific, erupting as recently as 2014.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 132 m below sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 2014
- Largest known
- VEI 1, gentle, 2014
- Eruptions
- 25 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 25.89°S 177.19°W · The Pacific
- Region
- Northern Kermadec Volcanic Arc, Tonga-Kermadec Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 242050
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).