GVP volcano 255060 · no holder yet
Kavachi
Kavachi is a submarine stratovolcano 20 m under the Solomon Sea, erupting as recently as 2014.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 20 m below sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, thickness unknown
- Last eruption
- 2014
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1991
- Eruptions
- 31 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 8.99°S 157.98°E · The Solomon Sea
- Region
- Solomon Volcanic Province, Southwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 255060
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).