GVP volcano 382070 · no holder yet
Don Joao de Castro Bank
Don Joao de Castro Bank is a submarine shield volcano 13 m under the Atlantic, last erupted in 1720.
- Type
- Shield
- Summit
- 13 m below sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1720
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 1720
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 38.23°N 26.63°W · The Atlantic
- Region
- Azores-Terceira Rift Volcanic Province, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 382070
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).