GVP volcano 390081 · no holder yet
Montagu Island
Montagu Island is a 1,370 m shield volcano in the United Kingdom, erupting as recently as 2007.
- Type
- Shield
- Summit
- 1,370 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 2007
- Largest known
- VEI 1, gentle, 2001
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 58.45°S 26.37°W · United Kingdom
- Region
- South Sandwich Volcanic Arc, Antarctic-Scotia Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 390081
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).