GVP volcano 333060 · no holder yet
Macdonald
Macdonald is a submarine shield volcano 39 m under the Pacific, last erupted in 1989.
- Type
- Shield
- Summit
- 39 m below sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Intraplate, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1989
- Largest known
- VEI 0, non-explosive, 1987
- Eruptions
- 10 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 28.98°S 140.25°W · The Pacific
- Region
- Austral-Cook Hotspot Volcano Group, Southern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 333060
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).