Sturgeon Volcanic Province Volcano
Updated: Apr 25, 2024 15:10 GMT -
Shield(s) unknown
Australia, -20.35°S / 144.25°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Australia, -20.35°S / 144.25°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Sturgeon Volcanic Province volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background
Wide lava plains of the Sturgeon volcanic field cover 7500 km2. The youngest lava flow is dated at 0.92 Ma and traveled 120 km from its source at Twins crater (Stephenson, in Johnson et al. 1989).---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information