Gallego

sopka (bez známé erupce za posledních ~12 000 let), Solomon Islands, Southwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions

Kde

Solomon Islands, Southwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Volcanic field

Nadmořská výška

1 000 m

Poloha

-9,350°, 159,730°

The Pliocene-to-Quaternary Gallego volcanics, comprising a group of steeply dissected cones, cover a large area of NW Guadalcanal Island (Hackman, 1980). Mount Roundhead is a small, but well-preserved volcano. Local traditions mention an eruption, but this could refer to activity from Savo, a volcanic island ~15 km offshore to the NE (1991 pers. comm. from Coleman to R W Johnson). The International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (1973) considered andesitic Mount Esperance, a peak adjacent to Roundhead on the coast N of the main volcanic highland, to have been active during the past 2,000 years. However, there are no obviously recent volcanic features across the complex.

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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