GVP volcano 245010 · no holder yet
Taveuni
Taveuni is a 1,241 m shield volcano in Fiji, last erupted in 1550.
- Type
- Shield
- Summit
- 1,241 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Subduction zone, thickness unknown
- Last eruption
- 1550
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1350
- Eruptions
- 34 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 16.84°S 179.96°W · Fiji
- Region
- Fiji Volcanic Arc, Southwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 245010
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).