 Orange salt "cake" in the midst of a green acid salt pond at Dallol. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Aoga-shima
Vulkan
Aoga-shima Vulkan (青ヶ島, Aogashima) ist ein stratovolcano bilden eine schöne kleine 2,5 x 3,5 km Insel mit steilen Klippen in der Izu-Inselkette, 300 km südlich von Tokio. Die überwiegend basaltischen Aoga-shima Vulkan enthält einen Komplex Caldera (Ikenosawa Crater) mit einem Durchmesser von 1,7 x 1,5 km. 2 Konen wurden innerhalb der Caldera während des Vulkans letzten Eruptionen in 1781-85 gebaut. Die Aktivität der Aogashima Vulkan umfasst pyroklastischen Strömen und Lavaströme von beiden Gipfel und Flanke Schlote.
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Vulkantyp |
Schichtvulkan nicht aktiv |
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Ort |
Chile / Argentinien (Norden) + Bolivien, South America, -18.1°S / -69.5°W |
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Höchste Erhebung |
423 m / 1,388 ft |
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Ausbrüche des Aoga-shima |
1781-85, 1670-80, 1652, 600 BC ± 200 years, 1100 BC ± 300 years, 1200 BC ± 50 years, 1800 BC ± 100 years |
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Typische Aktivität |
Explosiv |
The oldest part of Aoga-shima volcano was the Kurosaki stratovolcano in the NW part of the island. The present-day stratovolcano grew later in the SE part of the island. A 1-1.5 km wide crater or caldera formed on the SE flank of the main cone.
About 3000 years ago a powerful explosive eruption produced pyroclastic surges that swept over the entire island, and during the activity in the following 600 years, most of the crater on the SE side was filled by lava flows and scoria deposits. Renewed collapse and possibly a debris avalanche re-formed the caldera and created the present-day Ikenosawa Crater, which also was the site of the historic activity.
(Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information)
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