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Jabal al-Tair Island

Tair, Jebel at

Stratovolcano · Yemen · 244m

Plumes are visible from the eruption of Jebel at Tair rise above the volcano as seen from the U.S. Navy vessel USS Bainbridge on 2 October 2007, two days after the start of the eruption. The small, 3-km-wide island rises from a 1,200 m depth in the south-central Red Sea. Jebel at Tair (one of many variations of the name, including Djebel Teyr, Jabal at Tayr, and Jibbel Tir) is the northernmost known Holocene volcano in the Red Sea. Historical eruptions date back to the 18th century.
Plumes are visible from the eruption of Jebel at Tair rise above the volcano as seen from the U.S. Navy vessel USS Bainbridge on 2 October 2007, two days after the start of the eruption. The small, 3-km-wide island rises from a 1,200 m depth in the south-central Red Sea. Jebel at Tair (one of many variations of the name, including Djebel Teyr, Jabal at Tayr, and Jibbel Tir) is the northernmost known Holocene volcano in the Red Sea. Historical eruptions date back to the 18th century. · Photo: Photo by Vincent J. Street, 2007 (U.S. Navy). · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Yemen
Region
Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions / Red Sea Rift Volcanic Province
Elevation
244m
Coordinates
15.550, 41.830
Last eruption
2008
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Trachybasalt / Tephrite Basanite
Geological summary

The basaltic Jebel at Tair volcano rises from 1,200 m depth in the south-central Red Sea, forming an oval-shaped island about 3 km long. It is the northernmost known Holocene volcano in the Red Sea and lies SW of the Farisan Islands. Youthful basaltic pahoehoe lava flows from the steep-sided central vent, Jebel Duchan, cover most of the island, draping a circular cliff cut by wave erosion of an older edifice and extending beyond it to form a flat coastal plain. Pyroclastic cones are located along the NW and S coasts, and fumarolic activity occurs from two uneroded scoria cones at the summit. Radial fissures extend from the summit, some of which were the sources of lava flows. Explosive eruptions were reported in the 18th and 19th centuries, prior to an eruption in 2007-2008.

From Wikipedia

Jabal al-Tair Island is a roughly oval volcanic island in Yemen, northwest of the constricted Bab al-Mandab passage at the mouth of the Red Sea, about halfway between mainland Yemen and Eritrea. From 1996 until an eruption in 2007, Yemen maintained two watchtowers and a small military base on the island.

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Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
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1750~1776 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21827~1853 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21853~1879 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21879~1904 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21981~2007 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 317501801187919301981

Detailed timeline

  1. 2007VEI 3Observed
    2007-09-30 – 2008-06-16
  2. 1883VEI 2Observed
    1883 – Ongoing
  3. 1863VEI 2Observed
    1863 – Ongoing
  4. 1833VEI 2Observed
    1833-12-31 – Ongoing
  5. 1750 (±50 yrs)VEI 2Observed
    1750 – Ongoing

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