GVP volcano 390100 · no holder yet
Candlemas Island
Candlemas Island is a 550 m stratovolcano in the United Kingdom, last erupted in 1911.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 550 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1911
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1911
- Eruptions
- 3 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 57.08°S 26.67°W · United Kingdom
- Region
- South Sandwich Volcanic Arc, Antarctic-Scotia Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 390100
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).