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Graciosa

Stratovulcano · Portugal · 402 m

The south of Graciosa island is seen in this aerial view from the southwest. The village of Luz is at the center of the image. On the right (the southeast end of the island), is the 0.9 x 1.5 km Vulcão Central caldera, which formed between 60,000 and 11,000 years ago; the caldera rim forms the highest point of the 7 x 12 km island. The lava cave Furna Do Enzofre is situated in the southeastern part of the caldera, and exhibits fumarolic activity. Vegetated volcanic cones and part of the approximately 700,000 year old Serra das Fontes complex can be seen in the left of the photo.
The south of Graciosa island is seen in this aerial view from the southwest. The village of Luz is at the center of the image. On the right (the southeast end of the island), is the 0.9 x 1.5 km Vulcão Central caldera, which formed between 60,000 and 11,000 years ago; the caldera rim forms the highest point of the 7 x 12 km island. The lava cave Furna Do Enzofre is situated in the southeastern part of the caldera, and exhibits fumarolic activity. Vegetated volcanic cones and part of the approximately 700,000 year old Serra das Fontes complex can be seen in the left of the photo. · Foto: Photo by Angrense, 2007 (Wikimedia Commons). · Wikimedia Commons
Tipo
Stratovulcano
Paese
Portugal
Regione
Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions / Azores-Terceira Rift Volcanic Province
Altitudine
402 m
Coordinate
39.020, -27.970
Ultima eruzione
-1950
Contesto tettonico
Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Forma vulcanica
Composite
Roccia principale
Basalt / Picro-Basalt
Sintesi geologica

The SE end of Graciosa, the northernmost of the central Azorean islands, contains a 0.9 x 1.6 km caldera with active fumaroles. The SE caldera rim is the high point of the 7 x 12 km island. The caldera has been the source of eruptions producing significant tephra falls, pyroclastic flows, lahars, and lava flows. Fumaroles are present in a volcanic cave inside the caldera, and a submarine fumarole occurs off the NW coast. Scoria cones erupted along several widely spaced NE-SW-trending fissures fed a youthful lava field that forms the NW end of the island. The most recent eruption from Pico Tomao, NW of the caldera, produced a lava flow during the mid-to-late Holocene that reached the eastern coast NW of the village of Praia.

Sintesi da Wikipedia

Graciosa è un'isola, di origine vulcanica, dell'arcipelago delle Azzorre, la più settentrionale del gruppo centrale. Ha una superficie di circa 60,7 km² ed una popolazione di 4 391 abitanti.

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Storia delle eruzioni

Riepilogo (VEI nel tempo)
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1950 BCE~1950 BCE · 1 eruzioni · VEI max. ?1950 BCE1950 BCE1949 BCE1949 BCE1949 BCE

Cronologia dettagliata

  1. 1950 a.C. (±1400 anni)VEI ?Stima geologica
    BCE 1950 – In corso
    San Tamao

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