GVP volcano 382081 · no holder yet
Picos Fissural Volcanic System
Picos Fissural Volcanic System is a 350 m fissure vent in Portugal, last erupted in 1652.
- Type
- Fissure vent (cluster landform)
- Summit
- 350 m above sea level
- Rock
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite Basanite
- Setting
- Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1652
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1652
- Eruptions
- 7 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 37.78°N 25.67°W · Portugal
- Region
- Azores-Terceira Rift Volcanic Province, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 382081
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).