GVP volcano 383020 · no holder yet
Hierro
Hierro is a 1,500 m shield volcano in Spain, erupting as recently as 2012.
- Type
- Shield
- Summit
- 1,500 m above sea level
- Rock
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite Basanite
- Setting
- Intraplate, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 2012
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 2011
- Eruptions
- 4 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 27.73°N 18.03°W · Spain
- Region
- Canary Volcanic Province, Northern Africa Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 383020
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).