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Unnamed

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  • 8.92°S
  • 158.03°E

  • -240 m
    -787 ft

  • 255061
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Most Recent Bulletin Report: September 1992 (BGVN 17:09) Citation IconCite this Report

Thermal plumes detected over seamount crater

A bathymetric survey in the vicinity of Kavachi volcano was carried out on 11 August by the HMNZS Tui. The ship made three parallel transits, ~1,200 m apart, over the summit of the unnamed seamount ~7 km NW of Kavachi. The summit is mostly flat, with a depth of at least 130 m found on each pass. The transit farthest NE showed a shallow and a deep crater on the tracing of the 12 kHz echo sounder. The 44-kHz echo sounder showed two small plumes rising to mid-water depth on either side of the smaller crater.

Information Contacts: L. Hall, Defence Scientific Establishment, and Lt. Cdr. G. Craig, HMNZSTui, Auckland Naval Base, New Zealand.

The Global Volcanism Program has no Weekly Reports available for Unnamed.

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09/1992 (BGVN 17:09) Thermal plumes detected over seamount crater




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September 1992 (BGVN 17:09) Citation IconCite this Report

Thermal plumes detected over seamount crater

A bathymetric survey in the vicinity of Kavachi volcano was carried out on 11 August by the HMNZS Tui. The ship made three parallel transits, ~1,200 m apart, over the summit of the unnamed seamount ~7 km NW of Kavachi. The summit is mostly flat, with a depth of at least 130 m found on each pass. The transit farthest NE showed a shallow and a deep crater on the tracing of the 12 kHz echo sounder. The 44-kHz echo sounder showed two small plumes rising to mid-water depth on either side of the smaller crater.

Information Contacts: L. Hall, Defence Scientific Establishment, and Lt. Cdr. G. Craig, HMNZSTui, Auckland Naval Base, New Zealand.

The Global Volcanism Program has no synonyms or subfeatures listed for Unnamed.

Eruptive History

The Global Volcanism Program is not aware of any Holocene eruptions from Unnamed. If this volcano has had large eruptions (VEI >= 4) prior to 10,000 years ago, information might be found on the Unnamed page in the LaMEVE (Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions) database, a part of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA).

Deformation History

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Emission History

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Title: Sol-I Region, Topo of the
Publisher: USGS-CCOP/SOPAC S. Pacific Project
Country: Solomon Is
Year: 1983
Map Type: Bathymetric
Scale: 1:1,800,000
Map of Sol-I Region, Topo of the

Title: Sol-I Region, Topo Bet 6 30-10 S, 156-158 30 E
Publisher: USGS-CCOP/SOPAC S. Pacific Project
Country: Solomon Is
Year: 1983
Map Type: Bathymetric
Scale: 1:500,000
Map of Sol-I Region, Topo Bet 6 30-10 S, 156-158 30 E

Title: Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
Publisher: DMA & Defence Department, AIS, Melbourne,Australia
Country: PNG, Solomon Is
Year: 1981
Series: ONC
Map Type: Topographic
Scale: 1:1,000,000
Map of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands

Title: Sol-I to New Hebrides Islands, S Pacific
Publisher: US Naval Oceanographic Office
Country: Solomon Is
Year: 1973
Map Type: Bathymetric
Scale: 1:1,660,000
Map of Sol-I to New Hebrides Islands, S Pacific

Title: New Hebrides, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Publisher: DMA & Defence Department, AIS, Melbourne,Australia
Country: Solomon Is, Vanuatu
Year: 1971
Series: ONC
Map Type: Topographic
Scale: 1:1,000,000
Map of New Hebrides, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands

Title: Geol Map of British Solomon Islands
Publisher: DOS
Country: Solomon Is
Year: 1969
Series: Geol
Map Type: Geology
Scale: 1:1,000,000
Map of Geol Map of British Solomon Islands
Smithsonian Sample Collections Database

There are no samples for Unnamed in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection.

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