GVP volcano 360030 · no holder yet
Liamuiga
Liamuiga is a 1,156 m stratovolcano in Saint Kitts and Nevis, last erupted in 160 CE.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,156 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 160 CE
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 160 CE
- Eruptions
- 3 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 17.37°N 62.80°W · Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Region
- Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 360030
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).