Key facts
- Elevation
- 1,710 m (5,610 ft)
- Prominence
- 1,710 m (5,610 ft)
- Listing
- Ultra
- Location
- Isabela Island , Galápagos Islands
- Mountain type
- Shield volcano
- Last eruption
- 7 January 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- volcano
- Country
- Ecuador
- Located in
- Galápagos Province
- Continent
- Americas
- Elevation
- 1707
- Material used
- basalt
- Image
- Wolf volcano.jpg
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- Commons category
- Wolf volcano
- topographic prominence
- 1707
- located in/on physical feature
- Isabela Island
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Encyclopedic overview
Wolf Volcano (Spanish: Volcán Wolf), also known as Mount Whiton, is the highest peak in the Galápagos Islands. It is situated on Isabela Island and reaches 1,710 m (5,610 ft). It is a shield volcano with a characteristic upturned soup bowl shape.
The volcano was named after Theodor Wolf, a German geologist who studied the Galápagos Islands in the 19th century. Wolf Island in the north of the Galápagos is also named after the geologist.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Volcán Wolf” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.