GVP volcano 390013 · no holder yet
The Pleiades
The Pleiades is a 3,040 m stratovolcano in Antarctica, last erupted around 1050 BCE.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 3,040 m above sea level
- Rock
- Trachyandesite / Basaltic Trachyandesite
- Setting
- Intraplate, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1050 BCE
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 72.67°S 165.50°E · Antarctica
- Region
- McMurdo Volcanic Province, Antarctic-Scotia Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 390013
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).