Protector Seamounts volcano
Updated: Jul 5, 2022 15:12 GMT - Refresh
Submarine volcano -27 m / - 89 ft
South Sandwich Islands, -55.92°S / -28.08°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
South Sandwich Islands, -55.92°S / -28.08°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
The Protector seamounts, located 30 km NW of Zavodovski Island, form the northernmost volcanic region of the South Sandwich volcanic arc.
The northernmost cone of this complex is known as Protector Shoal. It forms a broad cone with gentle slopes that rises from a depth of 1200 m to only 27 m beneath the surface of the ocean, and is located at a distance of 56 km NW of Zavodovski Island.
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Protector Seamounts volcano eruptions: 1962
Lastest nearby earthquakes: No recent earthquakes
Background
The submarine volcano has a gentle gradient to the north, but is steeper on the south side. At least two satellitic cones are present. Large amounts of rhyolitic pumice, first detected by the Royal Navy Ice Patrol Vessel H.M.S. Protector, were ejected during its only recorded eruption in 1962 and formed an extensive pumice raft which drifted as far as New Zealand.---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
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