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Pitcairn Vulcano

Updated: 22 apr. 2025 21:51 GMT -
Shield
Pitcairn Island, United Kingdom, -25.07°S / -130.11°W
Summit height: 313 m / 1027 ft
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Eruzioni del vulcano Pitcairn: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)

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Background

Located at the SE end of the Duke of Gloucester-Gabbier Islands chain, Pitcairn is a small island remnant of a shield volcano with a dissected caldera. Potassium-Argon dates range from 0.95-0.45 million years ago (Duncan et al. 1974).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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Pitcairn Vulcano Mappe

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Satellite/aerial-type map of Pitcairn volcano (world scale)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Pitcairn volcano (world scale)
Terrain-type map of Pitcairn volcano (world scale)
Terrain-type map of Pitcairn volcano (world scale)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Pitcairn volcano (region scale large)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Pitcairn volcano (region scale large)
Terrain-type map of Pitcairn volcano (region scale large)
Terrain-type map of Pitcairn volcano (region scale large)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Pitcairn volcano (region scale medium)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Pitcairn volcano (region scale medium)
Terrain-type map of Pitcairn volcano (region scale medium)
Terrain-type map of Pitcairn volcano (region scale medium)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Pitcairn volcano (region scale small)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Pitcairn volcano (region scale small)
Terrain-type map of Pitcairn volcano (region scale small)
Terrain-type map of Pitcairn volcano (region scale small)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Pitcairn volcano (local scale large)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Pitcairn volcano (local scale large)
Terrain-type map of Pitcairn volcano (local scale large)
Terrain-type map of Pitcairn volcano (local scale large)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Pitcairn volcano (local scale medium)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Pitcairn volcano (local scale medium)
Terrain-type map of Pitcairn volcano (local scale medium)
Terrain-type map of Pitcairn volcano (local scale medium)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Pitcairn volcano (local scale small)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Pitcairn volcano (local scale small)
Terrain-type map of Pitcairn volcano (local scale small)
Terrain-type map of Pitcairn volcano (local scale small)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Pitcairn volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Pitcairn volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Terrain-type map of Pitcairn volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Terrain-type map of Pitcairn volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Pitcairn volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Pitcairn volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Terrain-type map of Pitcairn volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Terrain-type map of Pitcairn volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Pitcairn volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Pitcairn volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Terrain-type map of Pitcairn volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Terrain-type map of Pitcairn volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Pitcairn volcano (scale of 5-10 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Pitcairn volcano (scale of 5-10 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Pitcairn volcano (scale of few kilometers)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Pitcairn volcano (scale of few kilometers)
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