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Montaña del Pico

Pico

Estratovolcán · Portugal · 2351 m

The conical Pico stratovolcano rising above the clouds is seen here from Fayal Island to the northwest. The 46-km-long Pico Island can be broadly separated into the Pico stratovolcano in the west, the Planalto da Achada fissure zone in the east (a roughly 30-km-long linear ridge of fissures and cones), and the Topo-Lajes volcano in the south. Pico volcano is capped by a 560-m-wide summit crater that contains a small steep-sided cone visible on the left side of the summit in this image. Recent eruptions have been recorded from the flanks of Pico and in the Planalto da Achada fissure zone.
The conical Pico stratovolcano rising above the clouds is seen here from Fayal Island to the northwest. The 46-km-long Pico Island can be broadly separated into the Pico stratovolcano in the west, the Planalto da Achada fissure zone in the east (a roughly 30-km-long linear ridge of fissures and cones), and the Topo-Lajes volcano in the south. Pico volcano is capped by a 560-m-wide summit crater that contains a small steep-sided cone visible on the left side of the summit in this image. Recent eruptions have been recorded from the flanks of Pico and in the Planalto da Achada fissure zone. · Foto: Photo by Rick Wunderman, 1997 (Smithsonian Institution). · Wikimedia Commons
Tipo
Estratovolcán
País
Portugal
Región
Océano Atlántico / Azores-Terceira Rift Volcanic Province
Altitud
2351 m
Coordenadas
38.470, -28.400
Última erupción
1720
Contexto tectónico
Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Forma volcánica
Composite
Roca principal
Basalt / Picro-Basalt
Resumen geológico

The conical Pico stratovolcano occupies the western end of Pico Island and is the highest volcano in the Azores. The dominantly basaltic edifice lies west of on an older linear volcano with numerous flank cones that forms most of the 46-km-long island. It was constructed over the Montanha volcanic complex on the eastern side of the island and is capped by a 500-m-wide summit crater that is overtopped by a small steep-sided cone. An eruption beginning in 1562 from the Sao Roque Piedade/Planalto da Achada fissure zone produced lava flows that reached the northern coast. Two fissures erupted on the NNW flank and SE flank of Pico volcano in 1718, with lavas reaching the north and south coasts. Lava flows from a fissure on the SE flank in 1720 reached the ocean.

Resumen de Wikipedia

Resumen en inglés

Mount Pico is a currently dormant stratovolcano located on Pico Island, in the mid-Atlantic archipelago of the Azores. It is the highest mountain in Portugal, at 2,351 metres (7,713 ft) above sea level, and is one of the highest Atlantic mountains; it is more than twice the elevation of any other peak in the Azores. It has been a designated nature reserve since 1972.

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Historial de erupciones

Resumen (VEI en el tiempo)
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1562~1602 · 1 erupciones · VEI máx. 21682~1722 · 2 erupciones · VEI máx. 21923~1963 · 1 erupciones · VEI máx. 015621642176318431923

Línea de tiempo detallada

  1. 1963VEI 0Estimación geológica
    1963-12-15 – En curso
    Off NW coast
  2. 1720VEI 2Observado
    1720-07-10 – 1720-12
    SE flank (400 m)
  3. 1718VEI 2Observado
    1718-02-01 – 1718-12-15
    SE flank (200 m), NW flank (1200 m)
  4. 1562VEI 2Observado
    1562-09-21 – 1564
    East flank (800 m)

Enlaces externos

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