Giggenbach Volcano
Updated: Jul 24, 2025 15:07 GMT -
Submarine volcano
New Zealand, Kermadec Islands, -30.04°S / -178.71°W 
Summit height: -65 m / - 213 ft
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Giggenbach volcano eruptions: unknown, no recent eruptions
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Background
Giggenbach submarine volcano, named after volcano gas geochemist Werner Giggenbach, lies NW of Macauley volcano. The flat summit of the basaltic-to-dacitic volcano is cut by a 700-m-wide crater containing a central cone. The volcano reaches to within 65 m of the sea surface, and the summit is cut by numerous small explosion pits and craters. Much of the edifice is blanketed by dacitic pumice, and several edifice-collapse scarps cut its flanks. Large satellite cones are found on the ENE and SSW flanks, and a chain of eight small satellitic cones that fed recent andesitic-dacitic lava flows lies on the west flank. A large hydrothermal vent field was found within the summit crater.---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
Latest satellite images
Giggenbach Volcano Maps
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Satellite/aerial-type map of Giggenbach volcano (world scale)
Terrain-type map of Giggenbach volcano (world scale)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Giggenbach volcano (region scale large)
Terrain-type map of Giggenbach volcano (region scale large)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Giggenbach volcano (region scale medium)
Terrain-type map of Giggenbach volcano (region scale medium)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Giggenbach volcano (region scale small)
Terrain-type map of Giggenbach volcano (region scale small)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Giggenbach volcano (local scale large)
Terrain-type map of Giggenbach volcano (local scale large)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Giggenbach volcano (local scale medium)
Terrain-type map of Giggenbach volcano (local scale medium)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Giggenbach volcano (local scale small)
Terrain-type map of Giggenbach volcano (local scale small)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Giggenbach volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Terrain-type map of Giggenbach volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Giggenbach volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Terrain-type map of Giggenbach volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Giggenbach volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Terrain-type map of Giggenbach volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Giggenbach volcano (scale of 5-10 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Giggenbach volcano (scale of few kilometers)
