Walvis Ridge at 33°S
Cone · Undersea Features · 1200m (submarine)
- Type
- Cone
- Country
- Undersea Features
- Region
- Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions / Southern Atlantic Volcano Group
- Elevation
- 1200m (submarine)
- Coordinates
- -32.958, -5.220
- Last eruption
- 2002
- Tectonic setting
- Intraplate / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Minor
- Major rock type
- No Data (checked)
Geological summary
Hydrophones in the North Atlantic Ocean recorded signals from an explosive eruption in the South Atlantic along the Walvis Ridge about 780 km NE of Tristan da Cunha Island (Haxel and Dziak, 2005). The signals occurred from November 2001 to March 2002 from the N flank of a seamount 170 km NW of Wüst seamount and 100 km WNW of Rachel seamount (named by the Walvis Ridge MV1203 Expedition). The signals, similar to those produced by a 2001 submarine eruption of Kick 'em Jenny volcano in the West Indies, reached a peak on 19-20 December 2001.
Eruption history
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 2001VEI 0Observed2001-11-24 – 2002-03-16Seamount NW of Wüst seamount
External links
- Not yet mapped on Wikidata.
- 🔗 Smithsonian GVP source page
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