GVP volcano 382120 · no holder yet
Madeira
Madeira is a 1,862 m shield volcano in Portugal, last erupted around 4500 BCE.
- Type
- Shield
- Summit
- 1,862 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Intraplate, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 4500 BCE
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 32.73°N 16.97°W · Portugal
- Region
- Madeira Hotspot Volcano Group, Northern Africa Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 382120
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).