GVP volcano 390011 · no holder yet
Young Island
Young Island is a 1,340 m stratovolcano in Antarctica, with no dated eruption on record.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,340 m above sea level
- Rock
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite Basanite
- Setting
- Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- no dated eruption
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 0 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 66.42°S 162.47°E · Antarctica
- Region
- Balleny Hotspot Volcano Group, Antarctic-Scotia Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 390011
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).