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The Global Volcanism Program has no activity reports for Morne Watt.
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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.
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| Feature Name | Feature Type | Elevation | Latitude | Longitude |
| Anglais, Morne | Stratovolcano | 1123 m | 15° 17' 0" N | 61° 20' 0" W |
| Grande Soufrière Hills | Stratovolcano | 15° 18' 0" N | 61° 17' 0" W | |
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| Feature Name | Feature Type | Elevation | Latitude | Longitude |
| John, Morne | Dome | 15° 17' 0" N | 61° 19' 0" W | |
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| Feature Name | Feature Type | Elevation | Latitude | Longitude |
| Boiling Lake | Hot Spring | 750 m | 15° 19' 0" N | 61° 18' 0" W |
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Desolation, Valley of
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Thermal | 790 m | 15° 18' 0" N | 61° 18' 0" W |
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There is data available for 5 confirmed Holocene eruptive periods.
1997 Jul 15 - 1997 Jul 15 Confirmed Eruption Max VEI: 1
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| 1997 Jul 15 - 1997 Jul 15 | Evidence from Observations: Reported | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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List of 3 Events for Episode 1 at NE of Watt Mtn (Valley of Desolation)
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1880 Jan 4 - 1880 Jan 4 Confirmed Eruption Max VEI: 2 (?)
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| 1880 Jan 4 - 1880 Jan 4 | Evidence from Observations: Reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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List of 4 Events for Episode 1 at NE of Watt Mtn (Valley of Desolation)
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0640 ± 150 years Confirmed Eruption
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| 0640 ± 150 years - Unknown | Evidence from Isotopic: 14C (uncalibrated) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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List of 5 Events for Episode 1 at West flank of Morne Watt
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0950 BCE ± 300 years Confirmed Eruption
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| 0950 BCE ± 300 years - Unknown | Evidence from Isotopic: 14C (uncalibrated) | |||||||||||||||||||
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List of 2 Events for Episode 1 at NE of Watt Mtn (Valley of Desolation)
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1800 BCE ± 100 years Confirmed Eruption
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| 1800 BCE ± 100 years - Unknown | Evidence from Isotopic: 14C (uncalibrated) | |||||||||||||||||||
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List of 2 Events for Episode 1 at NE of Watt Mtn (Valley of Desolation)
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There is no Deformation History data available for Morne Watt.
There is no Emissions History data available for Morne Watt.
Steam rises from Boiling Lake, a geothermal area on the NE flank of Morne Watt volcano. This phreatomagmatic explosion crater is filled by a bubbling lake about 85 x 75 m wide, with a typical depth of about 10-15 m. Both water level and temperature have varied widely during historical time. The lake was almost empty following the 1880 phreatic eruption, and again temporarily almost emptied in December 2004, when water levels dropped 10 m or more below the high-water mark.
Fumarolic clouds mark the Valley of Desolation and Boiling Lake thermal areas, NE of Morne Watt (Watt Mountain) volcano in SE Dominica. The Valley of Desolation and the Boiling Lake are major tourist attractions within the national park east of Roseau. A major eruption from Morne Watt produced pyroclastic flows about 930 years ago. The only historical eruptions on the island of Dominica were a moderately large phreatic explosion at the Valley of Desolation thermal area in 1880 and a smaller phreatic explosion in July 1997. 
Steep-sided Morne Watt, seen here from the NW, is a lava-dome complex surrounded by block-and-ash flow deposits. The 1224-m-high volcano was constructed south of the Wotten Waven caldera and is flanked by Morne Anglais (4 km to the SW) and the Grand Soufrière Hills volcano, 3 km to the east. The renowned Valley of Depression geothermal area cuts the NE flank of Morne Watt and lies out of view to the left.The maps shown below have been scanned from the GVP map archives and include the volcano on this page. Clicking on the small images will load the full 300 dpi map. Very small-scale maps (such as world maps) are not included. The maps database originated over 30 years ago, but was only recently updated and connected to our main database. We welcome users to tell us if they see incorrect information or other problems with the maps; please use the Contact GVP link at the bottom of the page to send us email.
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Title: Barbados, Grenada, Lesser Antilles, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela Publisher: DMA Aerospace Center Country: W Indies Year: 1989 Series: ONC Map Type: Topographic Scale: 1:1,000,000 |
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Title: West Indies: The Making of America Publisher: National Geographic Society Country: W Indies Year: 1987 Series: National Geographic Map Type: Geographic Scale: 1:4,395 |
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Title: Bath of Gulf of Mexico & Caribbean Sea Publisher: AAPG, Williams & Heintz Map Corp. Country: US/ C.Am/ S.Am Year: 1984 Map Type: Bathymetric Scale: 1:3,289 |
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Title: Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique Publisher: US Central Intelligence Agency Country: W Indies Year: 1976 Map Type: Geographic Scale: 1:1,100 |
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Title: Bathymetry: E Caribbean Publisher: Department of the Navy Country: W Indies Year: 1976 Series: Geophys Maps of Car Map Type: Bathymetric Scale: 1:1,000,000 |
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Title: Total Geomag Field Intensity: E Caribbean Publisher: Department of the Navy Country: W Indies Year: 1976 Series: Geophys Maps of Car Map Type: Unknown Scale: 1:1,000,000 |
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Title: Structural Fabric: E Caribbean Publisher: Department of the Navy Country: W Indies Year: 1976 Series: Geophys Maps of Car Map Type: Geophysical (Structural) Scale: 1:1,000,000 |
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Title: Struc Contour Map of Deepest Acoustic Reflector Publisher: Department of the Navy Country: W Indies Year: 1976 Series: Geophys Maps of Car Map Type: Unknown Scale: 1:1,000,000 |
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Title: Sediment Thickness to Deepest Acoustic Reflector Publisher: Department of the Navy Country: W Indies Year: 1976 Series: Geophys Maps of Car Map Type: Unknown Scale: 1:1,000,000 |
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Title: Venezuela Basin: Sed Thickness to Top of Horizon A Publisher: Department of the Navy Country: W Indies Year: 1976 Series: Geophys Maps of Car Map Type: Unknown Scale: 1:1,000,000 |
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Title: Venezuela Basin: Sed Thickness Top of A-Top of B Publisher: Department of the Navy Country: W Indies Year: 1976 Series: Geophys Maps of Car Map Type: Unknown Scale: 1:1,000,000 |
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Title: (A) Track Control: E Caribbean Publisher: Department of the Navy Country: W Indies Year: 1976 Series: Geophys Maps of Car Map Type: Unknown Scale: 1:1,000,000 |
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Title: (B) Track Control: E Caribbean Publisher: Department of the Navy Country: W Indies Year: 1976 Series: Geophys Maps of Car Map Type: Unknown Scale: 1:1,000,000 |
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Title: (C) Track Control: E Caribbean Publisher: Department of the Navy Country: W Indies Year: 1976 Series: Geophys Maps of Car Map Type: Unknown Scale: 1:1,000,000 |
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There are no samples for Morne Watt in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection.
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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.
GVMID Data on Volcano Monitoring Infrastructure The Global Volcano Monitoring Infrastructure Database GVMID, is aimed at documenting and improving capabilities of volcano monitoring from the ground and space. GVMID should provide a snapshot and baseline view of the techniques and instrumentation that are in place at various volcanoes, which can be use by volcano observatories as reference to setup new monitoring system or improving networks at a specific volcano. These data will allow identification of what monitoring gaps exist, which can be then targeted by remote sensing infrastructure and future instrument deployments. |
| Volcanic Hazard Maps | The IAVCEI Commission on Volcanic Hazards and Risk has a Volcanic Hazard Maps database designed to serve as a resource for hazard mappers (or other interested parties) to explore how common issues in hazard map development have been addressed at different volcanoes, in different countries, for different hazards, and for different intended audiences. In addition to the comprehensive, searchable Volcanic Hazard Maps Database, this website contains information about diversity of volcanic hazard maps, illustrated using examples from the database. This site is for educational purposes related to volcanic hazard maps. Hazard maps found on this website should not be used for emergency purposes. For the most recent, official hazard map for a particular volcano, please seek out the proper institutional authorities on the matter. |
| 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. |
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Sentinel Hub Playground
Sentinel Hub EO Browser |
The Sentinel Hub Playground provides a quick look at any Sentinel-2 image in any combination of the bands and enhanced with image effects; Landsat 8, DEM and MODIS are also available. Sentinel Hub is an engine for processing of petabytes of satellite data. It is opening the doors for machine learning and helping hundreds of application developers worldwide. It makes Sentinel, Landsat, and other Earth observation imagery easily accessible for browsing, visualization and analysis. Sentinel Hub is operated by Sinergise |
| IRIS seismic stations/networks | Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Data Services map showing the location of seismic stations from all available networks (permanent or temporary) within a radius of 0.18° (about 20 km at mid-latitudes) from the given location of Morne Watt. Users can customize a variety of filters and options in the left panel. Note that if there are no stations are known the map will default to show the entire world with a "No data matched request" error notice. |
| UNAVCO GPS/GNSS stations | Geodetic Data Services map from UNAVCO showing the location of GPS/GNSS stations from all available networks (permanent or temporary) within a radius of 20 km from the given location of Morne Watt. Users can customize the data search based on station or network names, location, and time window. Requires Adobe Flash Player. |
| 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 Mapping Gas Emissions (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. |
| Large Eruptions of Morne Watt | 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). |
| 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). |
