Whakaari/White Island Volcano Eruption

Whakaari/White Island Volcano Eruption
White Island, New Zealand (NZ)
Whakaari/White Island is an active andesite stratovolcano, situated 48 km from the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, in the Bay of Plenty. It is one of the four islands in the Olive island chain. The nearest mainland towns are Whakatane and Tauranga. The island is roughly circular, about two km in diameter, and rises to a height of 321 m above sea level. However this is only the peak of a much larger submarine mountain, which rises up to 1600 m above the nearby seafloor.

(credit: Bordgious @ Google Earth Hacks)
Whakaari/White Island is an active andesite stratovolcano, situated 48 km from the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, in the Bay of Plenty. It is one of the four islands in the Olive island chain. The nearest mainland towns are Whakatane and Tauranga. The island is roughly circular, about two km in diameter, and rises to a height of 321 m above sea level. However this is only the peak of a much larger submarine mountain, which rises up to 1600 m above the nearby seafloor.

(credit: Bordgious @ Google Earth Hacks)
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Links: en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org
By: mlc1us

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@ 2019-12-09 12:49:21
Explosively erupted on 12/9/19, with no survivors on the island expected.

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