GVP volcano 244040 · no holder yet
Savaii
Savaii is a 1,858 m shield volcano in Samoa, last erupted in 1911.
- Type
- Shield
- Summit
- 1,858 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1911
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1905
- Eruptions
- 12 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 13.61°S 172.53°W · Samoa
- Region
- Samoan Hotspot Volcano Group, Southern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 244040
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).