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Gough Island volcano

Updated: Dec 1, 2022 21:24 GMT - refresh

Shield 910 m / 2986 ft
South Atlantic, UK, -40.32°S / -9.93°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Gough Island volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)

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Background

Gough Island, also known as Diego Alvarez, lies about 340 km SE of the Tristan da Cunha island group. The shield volcano was active from about 2.5 to 0.13 million years ago.
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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