GVP volcano 390015 · no holder yet
Melbourne
Melbourne is a 2,732 m stratovolcano in Antarctica, last erupted in 1892.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,732 m above sea level
- Rock
- Trachyte / Trachydacite
- Setting
- Intraplate, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1892
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 74.35°S 164.70°E · Antarctica
- Region
- McMurdo Volcanic Province, Antarctic-Scotia Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 390015
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).