GVP volcano 390080 · no holder yet
Bristol Island
Bristol Island is a 1,100 m stratovolcano in the United Kingdom, erupting as recently as 2016.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,100 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 2016
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 1956
- Eruptions
- 6 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 59.02°S 26.53°W · United Kingdom
- Region
- South Sandwich Volcanic Arc, Antarctic-Scotia Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 390080
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).