Kana Keoki volcano

submarine volcano -700 m / -2,297 ft
Western Province, Solomon Islands, -8.75°S / 157.03°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)

Kana Keoki is an active submarine volcano in the Western Solomons, located 26 km SW of Rendova Island.
Studies from the 1960s have shown that the dacitic volcano is an active volcano, that forms a 3000 m high seamount on the Ghizo Ridge south of the plate margin between the Indo-Australian and Pacific plates.

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Typical eruption style: effusive
Kana Keoki volcano eruptions: unknown, less than 10,000 years ago

No recent earthquakes
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