Rose Island Volcano
Updated: Apr 24, 2024 13:37 GMT -
Shield 3 m / 10 ft
Samoa, US, -14.55°S / -168.16°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Samoa, US, -14.55°S / -168.16°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Rose Island volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background
The easternmost volcanic pile of the Samoa Islands, Rose Island is a coral atoll with sand beaches constructed on a volcanic basement in late-Pleistocene time (Stearns, 1944).---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
Rose Island Volcano Photos
The lava rose at the outside of the cladera of Teide volcano. Tenerife island. (Photo: Tobias Schorr)