Earth:Havre Seamount

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Short description: Volcanic seamount in the Kermadec Islands group
Havre Seamount
Havre Seamount is located in Oceania
Havre Seamount
Location of Havre Seamount in Oceania
Havre Seamount Eruption 19 July 2012 with labels cropped.jpg
Satellite image of 2012 eruption
Summit depth720 m (2,400 ft)
Height1,030 m (3,400 ft)
Location
LocationSouth Pacific Ocean
GroupKermadec Islands
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 31°07′S 179°00′W / 31.11°S 179.00°W / -31.11; -179.00
CountryNew Zealand
Geology
TypeSeamount
Last eruptionJuly 2012

Havre Seamount is an active volcanic seamount lying within the Kermadec Islands group of New Zealand, in the south-west Pacific Ocean, on the Tonga-Kermadec Ridge.[1] Its most recent eruption took place in July 2012.[2]

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References

  1. Knafelc, J.; Gust, D.; Bryan, S. E.; Anderson, M.; Cathey, H. E. (2022). "Petrogenesis of Havre Volcano in the Kermadec Arc: 2012 Eruption of a Chemically Homogeneous Rhyolite". Frontiers in Earth Science 10. doi:10.3389/feart.2022.886897. Bibcode2022FrEaS..10.6897K. "As most volcanoes in the Kermadec rear-arc are inactive, Havre and Giggenbach are both classified as active rear arc volcanoes". 
  2. "Havre Seamount". Smithsonian Institution. https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=242005.