GVP volcano 275060 · no holder yet
Ile des Cendres
Ile des Cendres is a submarine volcanic field 20 m under the South China Sea, last erupted in 1923.
- Type
- Volcanic field (cluster landform)
- Summit
- 20 m below sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Intraplate, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1923
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1923
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 10.16°N 109.01°E · The South China Sea
- Region
- Southeast Asia Volcanic Province, Eastern Asia Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 275060
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).