GVP volcano 382010 · no holder yet

Fayal

Fayal is a 1,041 m stratovolcano in Portugal, last erupted in 1958.

Type

Stratovolcano (composite landform)

Summit

1,041 m above sea level

Rock

Andesite / Basaltic Andesite

Setting

Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km

Last eruption

1958

Largest known

VEI 2, explosive, 1957

Eruptions

2 confirmed in the record

Where

38.58°N 28.71°W · Portugal

Region

Azores-Terceira Rift Volcanic Province, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions

Record

Global Volcanism Program, volcano 382010

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