Soufrière Hills
Sign in to saveAlso known as Soufrière Hills Volcano (Montserrat), Soufrière Hills volcano, Soufriere Hills, Soufriere Hills volcano
volcano on Montserrat in the Caribbean
Key facts
- Elevation
- 1,050 m (3,440 ft)
- Prominence
- 1,050 m (3,440 ft)
- Isolation
- 64.99 km (40.38 mi)
- Listing
- Ribu
- Country
- Montserrat
- Formed by
- Subduction zone volcanism
- Mountain type
- Stratovolcano
- Volcanic arc
- Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Andesite erupted by Soufrière Hills volcano in 1997 Relief Map Volcanic ash (tuff) from Montserrat
The Soufrière Hills (/ˈsuːfriɛər/) is an active, complex stratovolcano with many lava domes forming its summit on the Caribbean island of Montserrat, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. After a long period of dormancy, the Soufrière Hills volcano became active in 1995 and continued to erupt until 2010. Its last eruption was in 2013. Its eruptions have rendered more than half of Montserrat uninhabitable, destroying the capital city, Plymouth, and causing widespread evacuations: about two-thirds of the population have left the island. Chances Peak in the Soufrière Hills was the highest summit on Montserrat until the mid-1990s, but it has since been eclipsed by various rising and falling volcanic domes during the recent volcanic activity.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Soufrière Hills” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.