GVP volcano 257040 · no holder yet
Ambrym
Ambrym is a 1,334 m pyroclastic shield in Vanuatu, erupting as recently as 2024.
- Type
- Shield(pyroclastic) (shield landform)
- Summit
- 1,334 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Subduction zone, intermediate, 15–25 km
- Last eruption
- 2024
- Largest known
- VEI 6, colossal, 50 CE
- Eruptions
- 58 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 16.25°S 168.12°E · Vanuatu
- Region
- Vanuatu Volcanic Arc, Southwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 257040
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).