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Koro volcano

cinder cones 522 m / 1,713 ft
Koro Island, Fiji, -17.32°S / 179.4°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5) | Reports
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Typical eruption style: effusive
Koro volcano eruptions: unknown No recent earthquakes
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocation
Koro volcano is a group of young basaltic cinder cones on 16x9 km wide Koro Island between Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, Fiji. Some of the cones are possibly less than 10,000 years old.

Background:

Koro belongs to the volcanic Lomaiviti Islands. The youngest lava flows on Koro were erupted from its NNE-SSW-trending chain of cinder cone form a flat lava field mostly confined to the central plateau.


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