Pumpan Volcano
Updated: Mar 28, 2024 17:07 GMT -
Stratovolcano 802 m / 2631 ft
Vanuatu, -18.85°S / 169.12°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Vanuatu, -18.85°S / 169.12°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Pumpan volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background
The eroded Pleistocene basaltic Pumpan volcano occupies the center of Erromango Island. Rocks are dominantly pyroclastics overlain by widespread thick lava flows (Colley and Ash, 1971).---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information