Volcano World

Monaco Bank is a submarine volcano of the coast of San Miguel Island in the Azores Islands and has erupted in 1907 and 1911.

The volcanoes of San Miguel Island and nearby waters based on van Padang and others (1967).

This normally submerged volcano was reported to be in eruption on June 6, 1995. The New Zealand Hydrographic Office issued a warning for ships in the area to be careful. By June 21 continuing eruptions had built a small island 50-80m high and covering sev eral acres. A 200-500m wide cinder cone is forming with ash and steam shooting hundreds of meters into the air.

March 18, 2003

On March 15, a remotely operated submarine captured images of the crater floor. Aside from the smooth, ash-covered floor, an ellipical inner crater was visible. Fumaroles were also observed emitting cold and hot gas bubbles.

This information was summarized from the GVP/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report

This photograph was taken by CSIRO - Australia.

March 30, 2004

A recent news release stated that volcanic activity was observed on March 15 at Kavachi; this activity follows a long period of quiescence.

This information was summarized from the GVP/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report

November 25, 2003

Image courtesy of U.S. Dept. of Commerce / NOAA / OAR / ERL / PMEL / VENTS Program.

Axial Seamount is a submarine volcano located in the northeast Pacific Ocean in the center of the Juan de Fuca Ridge.

More information about submarine eruptions can be found here!