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Tinakula

Stratovolcano · Solomon Islands · 796m

The northern side of the 3.5-km-wide Tinakula volcano at the NW end of the Santa Cruz Islands. The small island is the exposed portion of a stratovolcano that rises 3-4 km from the sea floor. A large breached crater extending from the summit to below the NW coast is visible to the right and has been the source of frequent eruptions dating back to at least 1595.
The northern side of the 3.5-km-wide Tinakula volcano at the NW end of the Santa Cruz Islands. The small island is the exposed portion of a stratovolcano that rises 3-4 km from the sea floor. A large breached crater extending from the summit to below the NW coast is visible to the right and has been the source of frequent eruptions dating back to at least 1595. · Photo: Photo by Donn Tolia, 2002 (Geological Survey of the Solomon Islands, courtesy of CSIRO). · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Solomon Islands
Region
Southwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions / Vanuatu Volcanic Arc
Elevation
796m
Coordinates
-10.386, 165.804
Last eruption
2024
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Crustal thickness unknown
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Geological summary

The small 3.5-km-wide island of Tinakula is the exposed summit of a massive stratovolcano at the NW end of the Santa Cruz islands. It has a breached summit crater that extends from the summit to below sea level. Landslides enlarged this scarp in 1965, creating an embayment on the NW coast. The Mendana cone is located on the SE side. The dominantly andesitic volcano has frequently been observed in eruption since the era of Spanish exploration began in 1595. In about 1840 an explosive eruption apparently produced pyroclastic flows that swept all sides of the island, killing its inhabitants. Recorded eruptions have frequently originated from a cone constructed within the large breached crater. These have left the upper flanks and the steep apron of lava flows and volcaniclastic debris within the breach unvegetated.

From Wikipedia

Tinakula is a conical stratovolcano which forms an island north of Nendo in Temotu Province, Solomon Islands. It lies at the north end of the Santa Cruz Islands. It is about 3.5 kilometres wide and rises 851 metres above sea level, rising three to four kilometres from the sea floor. The volcano was first recorded in eruption in 1595 when Spanish explorer Álvaro de Mendaña sailed past it during his second expedition across the Pacific Ocean. Tinakula has also been known in the past as Tamami or Volcano Island.

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Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
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1050 BCE~858 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1443~1635 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 31635~1826 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 21826~2018 · 24 eruptions · max VEI 31050 BCE283 BCE48410591826

Detailed timeline

  1. 2018VEI 2Observed
    2018-12-08 – 2024-12-31
    Summit vent and NW flank
  2. 2017VEI 3Observed
    2017-10-21 – 2017-10-26
    Summit crater
  3. 2008VEI 1Observed
    2008-09-19 – 2008-11-29
  4. 2006VEI 2Observed
    2006-02-11 – 2007-11-09
  5. 2002VEI 1Observed
    2002-04-16 – Ongoing
    Upper NW flank
  6. 2002VEI 1Geological estimate
    2002-11-16 – Ongoing
  7. 2000VEI 1Observed
    2000-02-29 – 2001-05-08
  8. 1999VEI 1Observed
    1999-05-16 – Ongoing
  9. 1995VEI 1Observed
    1995-07-02 – Ongoing
  10. 1989VEI 1Observed
    1989-08-16 – 1990-02-16
  11. 1984VEI 2Observed
    1984-06-03 – 1985-06-13
    Upper NW flank
  12. 1971VEI 2Observed
    1971-09-06 – 1971-12-11
    Upper and lower NW flanks
  13. 1965VEI 3Observed
    1965-11-23 – 1966-06-11
    Upper NW flank
  14. 1955VEI 2Geological estimate
    1955-08-16 – 1955-10-15
  15. 1951VEI 3Observed
    1951-10-23 – 1951-11-27
  16. 1932VEI 1Observed
    1932-05-11 – Ongoing
  17. 1927VEI 2Observed
    1927-03-01 – 1927-03-04
  18. 1909VEI 2Observed
    1909-08 – Ongoing
  19. 1897VEI 2Observed
    1897-03-26 – Ongoing
  20. 1886VEI ?Observed
    1886 – Ongoing
  21. 1871VEI 2Observed
    1871-09-16 – 1871-09-19
  22. 1869VEI 2Observed
    1869-03 – Ongoing
  23. 1855VEI 2Observed
    1855-08 – 1857-08
  24. 1840VEI 3Observed
    1840 – Ongoing
  25. 1797VEI 1Observed
    1797 – Ongoing
  26. 1767VEI 2Observed
    1767-08-17 – Ongoing
  27. 1595VEI 3Observed
    1595-09-07 – 1595-09-14
  28. 1050 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    BCE 1050 – Ongoing

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