GVP volcano 255061 · no holder yet
New Georgia at 8.9°S
New Georgia at 8.9°S is a submarine stratovolcano 240 m under the Solomon Sea, with no dated eruption on record.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 240 m below sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, thickness unknown
- Last eruption
- no dated eruption
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 0 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 8.92°S 158.03°E · The Solomon Sea
- Region
- Solomon Volcanic Province, Southwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 255061
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).