Matthew Island
Stratovolcano 177 m / 581 ft
France, Southwestern Pacific Ocean, -22.33°S / 171.32°E
Aktueller Status: normal / ruhend (1 von 5)
France, Southwestern Pacific Ocean, -22.33°S / 171.32°E
Aktueller Status: normal / ruhend (1 von 5)
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Ausbrüche: 1956 ± 2 years
Letzte Erdbeben in der Nähe
Keine jüngeren BebenBeschreibung
Isolated Matthew Island is composed of two low andesitic-to-dacitic cones separated by a narrow isthmus. Matthew Island was discovered in 1788 by a ship captain, who named the island after the owner of his vessel. Only the triangular eastern portion of the small, 0.6 x 1.2 km wide island was present prior to the 1940s, when construction of the larger western segment began; it consists primarily of lava flows. The 177-m-high western cone contains a crater that is breached to the NW and is filled by a lava flow whose terminus forms the NW coast.---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
Siehe auch: Sentinel hub | Landsat 8 | NASA FIRMS
