GVP volcano 382050 · no holder yet
Terceira
Terceira is a 1,023 m stratovolcano in Portugal, erupting as recently as 2000.
- Type
- Stratovolcano(es) (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,023 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 2000
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 1867
- Eruptions
- 15 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 38.73°N 27.32°W · Portugal
- Region
- Azores-Terceira Rift Volcanic Province, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 382050
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).