San Vicente

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space shuttle photo of San Vicente

 

San Vicente (bottom) is Holocene stratovolcano. San Vicente has not erupted in historic time. Santo Antao is at the bottom of this Space Shuttle photo (STS075-0766-0013). Santa Luzia is the smaller island near the top.

 

Sources of Information:

Neumann van Padang, M., Richards, A.F., Machado, F., Bravo, T., Baker, E., Le Maitre, W., 1967, Part XXI, Atlantic Ocean: Catalogue of the active volcanoes of the world, International Association of Volcanology, Rome, Italy, 128 p.

Simkin, T., and Siebert, L., 1994, Volcanoes of the World: Geoscience Press, Tucson, Arizona, 349 p.

Latitude (DD)
16.90
Longitude (dd)
-25.00
Elevation (m)
697
Country
Cape Verde Islands
Type
Stratovolcano