GVP volcano 390027 · no holder yet
Takahe
Takahe is a 3,460 m shield volcano in Antarctica, last erupted around 5550 BCE.
- Type
- Shield
- Summit
- 3,460 m above sea level
- Rock
- Trachyte / Trachydacite
- Setting
- Intraplate, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 5550 BCE
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 3 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 76.28°S 112.08°W · Antarctica
- Region
- Western Antarctica Volcanic Province, Antarctic-Scotia Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 390027
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).