2011–12 El Hierro eruption - Wikipedia
The 2011–2012 El Hierro eruption occurred just off the island of El Hierro, the second smallest and farthest south and west of the Canary Islands (an autonomous community of Spain), in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. The island is also the youngest in the volcanic chain.
El Hierro - Wikipedia
El Hierro (Spanish: [el ˈʝero] ⓘ), nicknamed Isla del Meridiano (the "Meridian Island"), is the farthest south and west of the Canary Islands (an autonomous community of Spain), in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa, with a population of 11,659 (2023).
Hierro - Global Volcanism Program
The massive El Hierro shield volcano is truncated by a large NW-facing escarpment, seen here, which formed as a result of gravitational collapse of the volcano. The steep-sided 1,500-m-high scarp towers above a low lava platform bordering 14-km-wide El Golfo Bay, which is barely visible at the extreme left.
El Hierro Volcano, Spain (Southern Europe) - VolcanoDiscovery
2021年12月15日 · The massive El Hierro shield volcano is truncated by a large NW-facing escarpment formed as a result of gravitational collapse of El Golfo volcano about 130,000 years ago. The steep-sided 1500-m-high scarp towers above a low lava platform bordering 12-km-wide El Golfo Bay, and three other large submarine landslide deposits occur to the SW and SE.
El Hierro Volcano (Canary Islands) - VolcanoDiscovery
The previously detected very high Radon gas emission values also suggest the presence of new magma and poses a health risk particularly in closed low-lying rooms of buildings especially in southern El Hierro. Source & further reading: El Hierro …
Tanganasoga - Wikipedia
Tanganasoga is now the main volcano on the island. The El Golfo landslide scarp on El Hierro. Tanganasoga is the central peak in the photograph, partially obscured by cloud. There is evidence of at least three major gravitational landslides that have affected El Hierro in the last few hundred thousand years. [4] .
El Hierro - Volcanes De Canarias
El Hierro es la isla más joven del Archipiélago, se sitúa al SW del mismo y los materiales subaéreos más antiguos datan de 1,12 Ma. La Isla asciende desde una profundidad de 4.000 m hasta una altitud de casi 1.500 m.
El Hierro Island - SpringerLink
This book presents an in-depth review of El Hierro Island, the youngest and most southwesterly volcano of the Canary Islands. In October 2011, a submarine eruption started offshore El Hierro Island. The 2011–2012 El Hierro eruption has probably been the best monitored and studied submarine eruption to date and has sparked interest in the ...
Past, Present and Future Volcanic Activity on El Hierro
2023年7月28日 · El Hierro, the youngest island of the Canary Islands, emerged from the ocean floor only 1.2 Ma ago and it is still in its youngest stage (shield volcanism). During its growth, the island passed from the submarine stage to the subaerial activity, constructing an...
Hierro Volcano, Canary Islands | John Seach
El Hierro volcano is the westernmost, youngest and smallest of the Canary Islands. In the 2nd century A.D., Ptolemy considered it the western-most position of the world. El Hierro Island covers an area of 278 sq km, and contains three well-defined ridges, arranged at …