Black Island volcano
Updated: Dec 2, 2023 15:48 GMT -
Pyroclastic cone(s) 1041 m / 3415 ft
Antarctica, -78.22°S / 166.33°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Antarctica, -78.22°S / 166.33°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Black Island volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Latest nearby earthquakes
No recent earthquakesBackground
A series of basaltic pyroclastic cones and trachytic lava domes form Black Island, in the Ross Sea west of White Island. Potassium-Argon dates of 3.4 Ma were obtained (LeMasurier and Thomson 1990). Martin et al. (2010) reported dates of 3.8-1.69 million years.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
Black Island Photos
Lava rocks containing olivine can be found on some black sand beaches of Lanzarote, Canary islands (Photo: Janka) |
Extension day 3: Older lava flows that came down the pali left a kipuka (vegetation island) behind. More recent surface lava outbreaks are recognisable by their dark brow... |
Most of this material contributes to new black sand that is being formed here and accumulates on the submarine slope of the island. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) |
The 1888 black sand ash deposit on the slope of Fossa volcano, Vulcano Island (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) |
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