GVP volcano 390010 · no holder yet
Buckle Island
Buckle Island is a 1,239 m stratovolcano in Antarctica, last erupted in 1899.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,239 m above sea level
- Rock
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite Basanite
- Setting
- Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1899
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1899
- Eruptions
- 2 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 66.78°S 163.25°E · Antarctica
- Region
- Balleny Hotspot Volcano Group, Antarctic-Scotia Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 390010
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).