Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-12528
The 700-m-deep summit caldera of the Volcán Wolf shield volcano on Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, is near the center of this March 2019 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 50 km across). Lava flows have erupted from radial and circumferential fissures from the summit to the lower flanks. Volcán Ecuador and its East Rift zone forms the western peninsula, and the northern flank of Volcán Darwin is to the south.
Satellite image courtesy of Planet Labs Inc., 2019 (https://www.planet.com/).
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Galleries: Calderas | Shield Volcanoes
Keywords: caldera | lava flow | rift zone | shield volcano
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