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Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-11032

A sea lion perches on a tilted slab of a lava flow dipping toward the west side of Darwin Bay.  A 2-km-wide excentric caldera on the south side of Genovesa Island forms an embayment that is filled by the bay.  The small, very low island of Genovesa is the top of a shield volcano, whose summit is only 64 m high.  No historical eruptions are known from Genovesa, although the fresh-looking lava flows suggest a very youthful age.  Photo by Carter Hearn, 2004.

A sea lion perches on a tilted slab of a lava flow dipping toward the west side of Darwin Bay. A 2-km-wide excentric caldera on the south side of Genovesa Island forms an embayment that is filled by the bay. The small, very low island of Genovesa is the top of a shield volcano, whose summit is only 64 m high. No historical eruptions are known from Genovesa, although the fresh-looking lava flows suggest a very youthful age.

Photo by Carter Hearn, 2004.

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