GVP volcano 257070 · no holder yet
Kuwae
Kuwae is a submarine caldera 2 m under the Pacific, last erupted in 1974.
- Type
- Caldera
- Summit
- 2 m below sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Subduction zone, intermediate, 15–25 km
- Last eruption
- 1974
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 1949
- Eruptions
- 12 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 16.83°S 168.52°E · The Pacific
- Region
- Vanuatu Volcanic Arc, Southwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 257070
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).