Prince Edward Island volcano
Actualizado: 29 ene. 2023 09:53 GMT -
Shield volcano 672 m / 2,205 ft
South Africa, Southern Indian Ocean, -46.63°S / 37.95°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
South Africa, Southern Indian Ocean, -46.63°S / 37.95°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Erupciones del volcán Prince Edward Island: unknown, no recent eruptions
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Uninhabited 5 x 10 km wide Prince Edward Island lies opposite Marion Island at the northern end of a submarine plateau on the Antarctic Plate immediately south of the SW Indian Ocean Ridge. The low-angle Prince Edward Island is a remnant of a large shield volcano formerly centered off the current NW shore of the island. Pleistocene and Holocene scoria cones and tuff cones are located throughout the unglaciated 672-m-high island, which was active contemporaneously with nearby Marion Island. Fifteen of the scoria cones and four tuff cones on the coastal plain were active during the Holocene.---
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See also: Sentinel hub | Landsat 8 | NASA FIRMS
