GVP volcano 382020 · no holder yet
Pico
Pico is a 2,351 m stratovolcano in Portugal, last erupted in 1720.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,351 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1720
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1720
- Eruptions
- 3 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 38.47°N 28.40°W · Portugal
- Region
- Azores-Terceira Rift Volcanic Province, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 382020
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).