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Latest news:Sunday, Feb 17, 2013
A new eruption seems to have started. An ash plume rising to 20,000 ft (6 km) altitude and drifting 120 nautical miles to the SW was reported last night by VAAC Darwin. The aviation color code was raised to RED.
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Thursday, Jan 15, 2009
Satellite imagery reported that during 7-8 and 10-11 January ash plumes from Barren Island were seen.
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Barren Island volcanoStratovolcano 354 m (1,161 ft.)
Indian Ocean, 12.28°N / 93.86°E Current status: restless (2 out of 5) Barren Island webcams / live data [hide map] [enlarge map]
Last update: 17 Mar 2013
Typical eruption style: Explosive Barren Island volcano eruptions: 1787, 1789, 1795, 1803-04, 1852(?), 1991, 1994-95, 2005-2006 Barren Island Volcano Photos Last earthquakes nearby:
Background:The small, uninhabited 3-km-wide island contains a roughly 2-km-wide caldera with walls 250-350 m high. The caldera, which is open to the sea on the west, was created during a major explosive eruption in the late Pleistocene that produced pyroclastic-flow and -surge deposits. The morphology of a fresh pyroclastic cone that was constructed in the center of the caldera has varied during the course of historical eruptions. Lava flows fill much of the caldera floor and have reached the sea along the western coast during eruptions in the 19th century and more recently in 1991 and 1995.--- Source: GVP, Smithsonian Institution Barren Island Photos:
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