GVP volcano 258020 · no holder yet
Hunter Island
Hunter Island is a 297 m stratovolcano in territory of France claimed by Vanuatu, last erupted in 1903.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 297 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, thickness unknown
- Last eruption
- 1903
- Largest known
- VEI 0, non-explosive, 1903
- Eruptions
- 4 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 22.40°S 172.05°E · France - claimed by Vanuatu
- Region
- Vanuatu Volcanic Arc, Southwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 258020
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).