GVP volcano 353010 · no holder yet
Fernandina
Fernandina is a 1,476 m shield volcano in Ecuador, erupting as recently as 2024.
- Type
- Shield
- Summit
- 1,476 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 2024
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 1968
- Eruptions
- 33 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 0.37°S 91.55°W · Ecuador
- Region
- Galapagos Hotspot Volcano Group, Eastern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 353010
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).