GVP volcano 386010 · no holder yet
Tristan da Cunha
Tristan da Cunha is a 2,060 m shield volcano in the United Kingdom, last erupted in 1962.
- Type
- Shield
- Summit
- 2,060 m above sea level
- Rock
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite Basanite
- Setting
- Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1962
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1961
- Eruptions
- 2 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 37.09°S 12.28°W · United Kingdom
- Region
- Southern Atlantic Volcano Group, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 386010
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).