Pico Fracture Zone

sopka – Fissure vent, Undersea Features, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions

Kde

Undersea Features, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Fissure vent

Nadmořská výška

-4 200 m

Tektonické prostředí

Intraplate / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)

Poslední známá erupce

1865

Poloha

38,750°, -38,080°

On 9 July 1865 the crew of a whaling ship observed a submarine eruption. Floating pumice reached the ocean surface, where it formed a large "floating mountain." A strong odor of sulfur was noticed, and dull rumbling sounds were heard at intervals of one hour.

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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