Ischia volcano
Updated: Nov 28, 2023 15:48 GMT -
stratovolcano, lava domes, cinder cone 790 m
Italy, 40.73°N / 13.9°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Italy, 40.73°N / 13.9°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
The Ischia volcanic complex forms a rectangular, 6 x 9 km island immediately SW of the Campi Flegrei area at the western side of the Bay of Naples.
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Ischia volcano eruptions: 1302 AD
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Background
The eruption of the trachytic Green Tuff ignimbrite about 55,000 years ago was followed by caldera formation. The high point on the island, 789-m-high Monte Epemeo, is a volcanic horst composed of the Green Tuff ignimbrite deposit that was submerged after its eruption and then uplifted. Volcanism on the island has been significantly affected by tectonism that formed a series of horsts and grabens; at least 800 m of uplift has formed as a result of resurgent doming during past 33,000 years. Many small monogenetic volcanoes were formed around the uplifted block. Volcanism during the Holocene produced a series of pumiceous tephras, tuff rings, lava domes, and lava flows. The latest eruption of Ischia, in 1302 AD, produced a spatter cone and the Arso lava flow, which reached the NE coast. Source: Smithsonian GVPIschia Photos
The Gulf of Naples and Vesuvius seen from Ischia island, Italy (Photo: Janka)
Sunset over the bay of Sant'Angelo in the southern part of Ischia island, Italy (Photo: Janka)
View over the island Nisida towards the island of Ischia. (Photo: Tobias Schorr)
Pink and orange sky above the Phlegraean islands of Procida (central flat silhouette with building to the left) and Ischia (silhouette in the background with small mounta...
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Ischia volcano tours
Bay of Naples (Italy)
Italy's Volcanic Soul - the Bay of Naples
8-day tour in the Bay of Naples: Vesuvius, Pompeii, Erculaneum, Phlegrean Fields, and Ischia Island
8 days / 7 nights - Easy to Moderate
Price 3250 €
Price 3250 €
Mai or June 2024
