GVP volcano 385050 · no holder yet
Ascension
Ascension is an 822 m stratovolcano in the United Kingdom, last erupted in 1508.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 822 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1508
- Largest known
- VEI 0, non-explosive, 1508
- Eruptions
- 3 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 7.95°S 14.37°W · United Kingdom
- Region
- Central Mid-Atlantic Rift Volcanic Province, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 385050
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).