GVP volcano 312180 · no holder yet
Novarupta
Novarupta is an 841 m caldera in the United States, last erupted in 1912.
- Type
- Caldera
- Summit
- 841 m above sea level
- Rock
- Rhyolite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1912
- Largest known
- VEI 6, colossal, 1912
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 58.27°N 155.16°W · United States
- Region
- Alaska Peninsula Volcanic Arc, North America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 312180
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