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Kerguelen Islands
- France
- Middle East and Indian Ocean
- Stratovolcano(es)
- Unknown - Evidence Uncertain
- Country
- Volcanic Region
- Primary Volcano Type
- Last Known Eruption
- 49.58°S
- 69.5°E
- 1840 m
6037 ft - 234020
- Latitude
- Longitude
- Summit
Elevation - Volcano
Number
- Latest Activity Reports
- Weekly Reports
- Bulletin Reports
- Synonyms & Subfeatures
- General Information
- Eruptive History
- Deformation History
- Emission History
- Photo Gallery
- Map Holdings
- Sample Collection
- Affiliated Sites
The Global Volcanism Program has no activity reports for Kerguelen Islands.
The Global Volcanism Program has no Weekly Reports available for Kerguelen Islands.
The Global Volcanism Program has no Bulletin Reports available for Kerguelen Islands.
This compilation of synonyms and subsidiary features may not be comprehensive. Features are organized into four major categories: Cones, Craters, Domes, and Thermal Features. Synonyms of features appear indented below the primary name. In some cases additional feature type, elevation, or location details are provided.
Cones |
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| Feature Name | Feature Type | Elevation | Latitude | Longitude |
| Aiguille Noire | Cone | |||
| Dent Bicorne | Cone | |||
| Dent Blanches | Cone | |||
| Erebus | Cone | |||
| Guynemer, Massif | Stratovolcano | |||
| Henri Rallier du Baty, Mont | Cone | |||
| Ross, Mount | Stratovolcano | 1840 m | 49° 35' 0" S | 69° 30' 0" E |
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St. Allouran
Saint Allouran |
Cone | |||
Craters |
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| Feature Name | Feature Type | Elevation | Latitude | Longitude |
| Dôma Carva | Pleistocene caldera | |||
| Table de l'Institut | Pleistocene caldera | 49° 30' 0" S | 68° 57' 0" E | |
Thermal |
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| Feature Name | Feature Type | Elevation | Latitude | Longitude |
| Fumarolles, Mont des | Fumarole | |||
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Eruptive History
The Global Volcanism Program is not aware of any Holocene eruptions from Kerguelen Islands. If this volcano has had large eruptions (VEI >= 4) prior to 10,000 years ago, information might be found on the Kerguelen Islands page in the LaMEVE (Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions) database, a part of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA).
Deformation History
There is no Deformation History data available for Kerguelen Islands.
Emission History
There is no Emissions History data available for Kerguelen Islands.
Photo Gallery
| The Rallier du Baty Peninsula (lower left) forms the SW tip of Kerguelen Island. It contains two youthful subglacial eruptive centers, Mont St. Allouarn and Mont Henri Rallier du Baty. An active fumarole field is related to a series of Holocene trachytic lava flows and lahars that extend beyond the icecap. The snow-covered peak at the mid-right is late-Pleistocene Mount Ross stratovolcano. The Kerguelen Islands are composed primarily of Tertiary flood basalts and a complex of plutonic rocks extensively modified by glaciation. NASA Space Shuttle image ISS005-E-21805, 2002 (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/). |
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GVP Map Holdings
The Global Volcanism Program has no maps available for Kerguelen Islands.
Smithsonian Sample Collections Database
The following 11 samples associated with this volcano can be found in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences collections, and may be availble for research (contact the Rock and Ore Collections Manager). Catalog number links will open a window with more information.
| Catalog Number | Sample Description | Lava Source | Collection Date |
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| NMNH 110035-1 | Pyroxenite | -- | -- |
| NMNH 110036-1 | Olivine Xenolith | -- | -- |
| NMNH 110037-1 | Olivine Xenolith | -- | -- |
| NMNH 110038-1 | Xenolith | -- | -- |
| NMNH 110039-1 | Xenolith | -- | -- |
| NMNH 110040-1 | Xenolith | -- | -- |
| NMNH 110041-1 | Oceanite | -- | -- |
| NMNH 110042-1 | Olivine Nodule | -- | -- |
| NMNH 110043-1 | Basalt | -- | -- |
| NMNH 110044-1 | Basalt | -- | -- |
| NMNH 110045-1 | Oceanite | -- | -- |
Affiliated Sites
| DECADE Data | The DECADE portal, still in the developmental stage, serves as an example of the proposed interoperability between The Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program, the MAGA Database, and the EarthChem Geochemical Portal. The Deep Earth Carbon Degassing (DECADE) initiative seeks to use new and established technologies to determine accurate global fluxes of volcanic CO2 to the atmosphere, but installing CO2 monitoring networks on 20 of the world's 150 most actively degassing volcanoes. The group uses related laboratory-based studies (direct gas sampling and analysis, melt inclusions) to provide new data for direct degassing of deep earth carbon to the atmosphere. |
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WOVOdat
Single Volcano View Temporal Evolution of Unrest Side by Side Volcanoes |
WOVOdat is a database of volcanic unrest; instrumentally and visually recorded changes in seismicity, ground deformation, gas emission, and other parameters from their normal baselines. It is sponsored by the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (WOVO) and presently hosted at the Earth Observatory of Singapore. |
| Large Eruptions of Kerguelen Islands | Information about large Quaternary eruptions (VEI >= 4) is cataloged in the Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions (LaMEVE) database of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA). |
| MIROVA | Middle InfraRed Observation of Volcanic Activity (MIROVA) is a near real time volcanic hot-spot detection system based on the analysis of MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) data. In particular, MIROVA uses the Middle InfraRed Radiation (MIR), measured over target volcanoes, in order to detect, locate and measure the heat radiation sourced from volcanic activity. |
| MODVOLC Thermal Alerts | Using infrared satellite Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data, scientists at the Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawai'i, developed an automated system called MODVOLC to map thermal hot-spots in near real time. For each MODIS image, the algorithm automatically scans each 1 km pixel within it to check for high-temperature hot-spots. When one is found the date, time, location, and intensity are recorded. MODIS looks at every square km of the Earth every 48 hours, once during the day and once during the night, and the presence of two MODIS sensors in space allows at least four hot-spot observations every two days. Each day updated global maps are compiled to display the locations of all hot spots detected in the previous 24 hours. There is a drop-down list with volcano names which allow users to 'zoom-in' and examine the distribution of hot-spots at a variety of spatial scales. |
| EarthChem | EarthChem develops and maintains databases, software, and services that support the preservation, discovery, access and analysis of geochemical data, and facilitate their integration with the broad array of other available earth science parameters. EarthChem is operated by a joint team of disciplinary scientists, data scientists, data managers and information technology developers who are part of the NSF-funded data facility Integrated Earth Data Applications (IEDA). IEDA is a collaborative effort of EarthChem and the Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS). |
