Type: submarine vent Activity: active Last Eruption: 1979 Rock Type: ? Eruptive Volume: ? Location
Map from Xerox PARC Latitude: 15.62 S Longitude: 173.67 W
Geologic Background:
A submarine volcano south of Curacoa Reef.
Historic Activity:
First observed eruption in 1973. Explosive eruptions,
which produced large rafts of dacitic pumice, were
observed from the island of Tafahi, 27 km to the SSW.
A second eruption was reported in 1979 from a
location 13 km north of Tafahi.