GVP volcano 353040 · no holder yet
Alcedo
Alcedo is a 1,130 m shield volcano in Ecuador, last erupted in 1993.
- Type
- Shield
- Summit
- 1,130 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1993
- Largest known
- VEI 1, gentle, 1993
- Eruptions
- 2 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 0.43°S 91.12°W · Ecuador
- Region
- Galapagos Hotspot Volcano Group, Eastern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 353040
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).