GVP volcano 360050 · no holder yet
Soufriere Hills
Soufriere Hills is a 915 m stratovolcano in the United Kingdom, erupting as recently as 2013.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 915 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 2013
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 2005
- Eruptions
- 9 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 16.72°N 62.18°W · United Kingdom
- Region
- Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 360050
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).