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Barren Island Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: ERUPTION TO FL030 OBS EXT TO SW AT 16/0820Z. to 3000 ft (900 m)
Saturday, Mar 16, 2019
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Darwin warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 3000 ft (900 m) altitude or flight level 030 and is moving at 10 kts in SW direction. ... [more]
Barren Island Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA OBS TO FL040 EXT SW AT 14/1110Z OBS VA DTG: 14/1130Z to 4000 ft (1200 m)
Satellite image of Barren Island volcano on 14 Mar 2019
Thursday, Mar 14, 2019
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Darwin warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 4000 ft (1200 m) altitude or flight level 040 and is moving at 5 kts in SW direction. ... [more]
Location map of the Andaman Islands.
Location map of the Andaman Islands.
Map of the Andaman Islands with the location of Barren Island.
Map of the Andaman Islands with the location of Barren Island.
 

Barren Island volcano eruptions

Stratovolcano 354 m / 1,161 ft.
Indian Ocean, 12.28°N / 93.86°E
Eruption list: 1787, 1789, 1795, 1803-04, 1852(?), 1991, 1994-95, 2005-2006, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019


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Ash plume from Barren Island volcano. Image Source: NASA Space Shuttle Date: March 14, 1995
Ash plume from Barren Island volcano. Image Source: NASA Space Shuttle Date: March 14, 1995
Comments:This oblique shot shows a large eruption plume dispersing westwards towards the main island group. From the photographs, it seems that there are three levels of the eruption plume: the first is low level, near the base of the eruption column and spreading southwest (upper left in this image). The other two levels are higher, with a suggestion of a due westerly plume (right in this image) overlain by a less visibly dense west-southwest plume of slightly different composition (upper right).
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