Unnamed submarine volcano
New Georgia at 8.9°S
Stratovolcano · Solomon Islands · 240m (submarine)
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Solomon Islands
- Region
- Southwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions / Solomon Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 240m (submarine)
- Coordinates
- -8.920, 158.030
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Crustal thickness unknown
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Geological summary
An unnamed seamount was mapped during a 1979 cruise about 9 km NE of Kavachi (Okugrin, 1985), near the SE end of the New Georgia Islands at about 8.9°S. The seamount appeared to have been recently active, with porphyritic and aphyric andesitic rocks dredged from that location. Another seamount 7 km NW of Kavachi was capped by corals, and a small peak was noted on the SW flank of the seamount (see map after Okugrin, 1985, in Exon and Johnson, 1986).
Eruption history
Detailed timeline
No eruption records available.
External links
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