GVP volcano 244000 · no holder yet
Vailuluu
Vailuluu is a submarine shield volcano 592 m under the Pacific, erupting as recently as 2003.
- Type
- Shield
- Summit
- 592 m below sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 2003
- Largest known
- VEI 0, non-explosive, 2003
- Eruptions
- 3 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 14.21°S 169.06°W · The Pacific
- Region
- Samoan Hotspot Volcano Group, Southern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 244000
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow USGS Volcano Hazards Program.