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Lopevi

Stratovolcano · Vanuatu · 1413m

Lopevi is seen here in an aerial view from the NW, with lava flows that erupted from NW-SE-trending fissures forming the barren slopes in the foreground. The small 7-km-wide island is known locally as Vanei Vollohulu. Historical eruptions date back to the mid-19th century. The island was evacuated following major eruptions in 1939 and 1960.
Lopevi is seen here in an aerial view from the NW, with lava flows that erupted from NW-SE-trending fissures forming the barren slopes in the foreground. The small 7-km-wide island is known locally as Vanei Vollohulu. Historical eruptions date back to the mid-19th century. The island was evacuated following major eruptions in 1939 and 1960. · Photo: Photo by Karoly Nemeth, 2005 (Massey University). · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Vanuatu
Region
Southwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions / Vanuatu Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1413m
Coordinates
-16.507, 168.346
Last eruption
2007
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-Basalt
Geological summary

The small 7-km-wide conical island of Lopevi, known locally as Vanei Vollohulu, is one of Vanuatu's most active volcanoes. A small summit crater containing a cinder cone is breached to the NW and tops an older cone that is rimmed by the remnant of a larger crater. The basaltic-to-andesitic volcano has been active during historical time at both summit and flank vents, primarily along a NW-SE-trending fissure that cuts across the island, producing moderate explosive eruptions and lava flows that reached the coast. Historical eruptions at the 1413-m-high volcano date back to the mid-19th century. The island was evacuated following major eruptions in 1939 and 1960. The latter eruption, from a NW-flank fissure vent, produced a pyroclastic flow that swept to the sea and a lava flow that formed a new peninsula on the western coast.

From Wikipedia

Lopevi is an uninhabited island in Malampa Province, Vanuatu. It lies to the southeast of Ambrym and east of Paama.

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Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
Click a bar to see individual eruptions
1863~1878 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 31878~1893 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 21893~1908 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 21908~1923 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21923~1939 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1939~1954 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 21954~1969 · 4 eruptions · max VEI 31969~1984 · 8 eruptions · max VEI 31984~1999 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 31999~2014 · 8 eruptions · max VEI 318631893193919691999

Detailed timeline

  1. 2014VEI ?Observed
    2014-12-01 – 2014-12-15
  2. 2008VEI 2Geological estimate
    2008-02-24 – 2008-02-24
  3. 2007VEI 2Observed
    2007-04-21 – 2007-05-14
  4. 2005VEI 2Observed
    2005-01-30 – 2005-03-31
  5. 2005VEI 2Observed
    2005-10-27 – 2006-08-01
  6. 2004VEI 2Observed
    2004-09-16 – 2004-09-16
  7. 2003VEI 3Observed
    2003-06-08 – 2003-06-16
  8. 2001VEI 3Observed
    2001-06-08 – 2001-06-19
    NW flank (200-400 m)
  9. 1998VEI 3Observed
    1998-07-16 – 2000-04-25
    1963 crater (NW flank 1000 m)
  10. 1982VEI 2Observed
    1982-10-24 – 1982-10-25
  11. 1980VEI 3Observed
    1980-04-15 – 1980-08-20
    Summit, NW and SE flanks
  12. 1979VEI 2Observed
    1979-07-02 – 1979-09-12
    NW flank
  13. 1978VEI 2Observed
    1978-11-22 – 1979-03-16
    Summit and NW flank
  14. 1976VEI 1Observed
    1976-05-01 – 1976-09-05
  15. 1975VEI 2Observed
    1975-03-06 – 1975-06-23
    Summit and NW flank
  16. 1974VEI 2Observed
    1974-01-16 – 1974-10-07
    Summit and NW flank
  17. 1970VEI 2Observed
    1970-05-09 – 1972-08-07
    Summit, NW and east flanks
  18. 1967VEI 3Observed
    1967-01-27 – 1969-03-31
    Summit and NW flank
  19. 1963VEI 3Observed
    1963-07-07 – 1965-07-02
    Summit, NW, north, east and SE flanks
  20. 1962VEI 0Observed
    1962-07-16 – 1962-07-16
    NW flank
  21. 1960VEI 3Observed
    1960-07-10 – 1960-09-16
    NW flank (640 m)
  22. 1939VEI 2Observed
    1939-02-02 – Ongoing
    NW and SE flanks
  23. 1939VEI 2Observed
    1939-11-01 – Ongoing
    NW and/or SW flanks
  24. 1933VEI ?Observed
    1933 – Ongoing
  25. 1922VEI 2Observed
    1922-06-28 – 1922-07-01
  26. 1908VEI 2Observed
    1908 – Ongoing
  27. 1898VEI 2Observed
    1898-06-03 – 1898-07-24
  28. 1892VEI 2Observed
    1892-10 – 1893
  29. 1883VEI ?Observed
    1883 – 1884
  30. 1874VEI 2Observed
    1874 – Ongoing
  31. 1864VEI 3Observed
    1864-06-09 – Ongoing
  32. 1863VEI 2Observed
    1863 – Ongoing

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