Volcano W Volcano
Updated: 16 abr. 2024 08:50 GMT -
Submarine volcanoes -900? m / - 2,953 ft
New Zealand, Kermadec Islands, -31.85°S / -179.18°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
New Zealand, Kermadec Islands, -31.85°S / -179.18°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Erupciones del volcán Volcano W: unknown, no recent eruptions
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Background
Twin submarine volcanoes, known informally as Volcano W, were discovered during a New Zealand-American submarine vent mapping expedition to the Kermadec arc in 2004. The two deep-water basaltic volcanoes lie SW of Curtis Island. The summits of both volcanoes are cut by small calderas, and evidence of diffuse hydrothermal venting was observed on the SE volcano in 2005. The SE volcano rises to within about 900 m of the sea surface and contains a cone in its summit caldera. The caldera walls expose pillow lavas, pillow tubes, localized sheet flows, and pillow breccias, with higher proportions of volcaniclastic breccias in the upper portion.---
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Volcano W Volcano Photos
Mirando hacia uno de los profundos cráteres dentro del volcán Bembow, Ambrym (Vanuatu). La pared norte está cubierta de depósitos de azufre amarillos, principalmente debi...
El cráter del Krakatau durante la luna llena al anochecer, tomado durante la expedición VolcanoDiscovery el 3 de julio de 2012. (Photo: Andi Rosadi)
Las siluetas de los volcanes Acatenango, Fuego y Atitlán al amanecer (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
El lago del cráter de Maly Semyachik, Kamchatka (Photo: kaylash)
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