Mago volcano

Updated: Aug 12, 2022 14:16 GMT - Refresh

Pyroclastic cone(s) unknown
Fiji, -17.45°S / -179.15°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Mago volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
Lastest nearby earthquakes: No recent earthquakes

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Background

A K-Ar date of about 0.3 million years was obtained from a basaltic rock from Mago Island on the Lau Ridge (Cole et al., 1990). Three scoria cones and short lava flows, some of which contain peridotite xenoliths, are located on the island.
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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