Volcano

Island

Height

Location

La Cumbre

Fernandina

1463m

0.37 S 91.55 W

Santo Tomas

Isabela

1490m

0.83 S 91.17 W

Subregion Name:

Galápagos Islands

Straddles the equator at the NW end of Isabela Island

Along Coast, two large pyroclastic cones

In caldera, chains of spatter cones and small scoria cones

A single a'a' lava flow covers half of caldera floor

Extending E side, is a line of NE-trending fissure-fed vents (connect Volcán Ecuador with Volcán Wolf0

Volcano Number:

1503-011

Volcano Type:

Shield volcano

Volcano Status:

Holocene

Last Known Eruption:

Unknown

Summit Elevation:

790+ m

2,592 feet

Latitude:

0.02°S

0°1'0"S

Longitude:

91.546°W

91°32'45"W

Country:

Ecuador

Most active Galápagos volcano

Closest one to Galápagos mantle plume

Caldera formed by several episodes of collapse

Collapse during 1988 eruption caused debris avalanche that absorbed the caldera lake.

Subregion Name:

Galápagos Islands

Volcano Number:

1503-01=

Volcano Type:

Shield volcano

Volcano Status:

Historical

Last Known Eruption:

1995

Summit Elevation:

1476 m

4,842 feet

Latitude:

0.37°S

0°22'0"S

Longitude:

91.55°W

91°33'0"W

Country:

Ecuador

Highest Galapagos volcano, 1710 m

Straddles the equator

Has first documented Galapagos eruption

Subregion Name:

Galápagos Islands

Volcano Number:

1503-02=

Volcano Type:

Shield volcano

Volcano Status:

Historical

Last Known Eruption:

1982

Summit Elevation:

1710 m

5,610 feet

Latitude:

0.02°N

0°1'0"N

Longitude:

91.35°W

91°21'0"W

Country:

Ecuador

Radial fissures along flanks

Subregion Name:

Galápagos Islands

Volcano Number:

1503-03=

Volcano Type:

Shield volcano

Volcano Status:

Holocene

Last Known Eruption:

1813

Summit Elevation:

1330 m

4,363 feet

Latitude:

0.18°S

0°11'0"S

Longitude:

91.28°W

91°17'0"W

Country:

Ecuador

Flanks and caldera vegetated

Only Galapagos volcano that has erupted rhyolite AND basalt

Partial moat around caldera floor

Active hydrothermal system in caldera

Subregion Name:

Galápagos Islands

Volcano Number:

1503-04=

Volcano Type:

Shield volcano

Volcano Status:

Historical

Last Known Eruption:

1993

Summit Elevation:

1130 m

3,707 feet

Latitude:

0.43°S

0°26'0"S

Longitude:

91.12°W

91°7'0"W

Country:

Ecuador

Contains largest Galapagos caldera (7x10.5km)

Subregion Name:

Galápagos Islands

Volcano Number:

1503-05=

Volcano Type:

Shield volcano

Volcano Status:

Historical

Last Known Eruption:

1980

Summit Elevation:

1490 m

4,888 feet

Latitude:

0.83°S

0°50'0"S

Longitude:

91.17°W

91°10'0"W

Country:

Ecuador

Contains deepest Galapagos caldera (650m)

2^nd highest Galapagos Volcano (1640m)

Episodic hydrovolcanism

Solfataric activity within caldera

Subregion Name:

Galápagos Islands

Volcano Number:

1503-06=

Volcano Type:

Shield volcano

Volcano Status:

Historical

Last Known Eruption:

1998

Summit Elevation:

1640 m

5,381 feet

Latitude:

0.90°S

0°54'0"S

Longitude:

91.42°W

91°25'0"W

Country:

Ecuador

Northenmost active Galapagos volcano's

Lacks caldera

Unvegetated lava flows

Subregion Name:

Galápagos Islands

Volcano Number:

1503-07=

Volcano Type:

Shield volcano

Volcano Status:

Historical

Last Known Eruption:

1928

Summit Elevation:

780 m

2,559 feet

Latitude:

0.58°N

0°35'0"N

Longitude:

90.75°W

90°45'0"W

Country:

Ecuador

Only 64m high

Known for Basaltic rocks with coarse plagioclases

Subregion Name:

Galápagos Islands

Volcano Number:

1503-081

Volcano Type:

Shield volcano

Volcano Status:

Holocene

Last Known Eruption:

Unknown

Summit Elevation:

64 m

210 feet

Latitude:

0.32°N

0°19'0"N

Longitude:

89.958°W

89°57'30"W

Country:

Ecuador

Large caldera buried by pyroclastic cones and lava flows

Lava flows filled caldera and flowed to sea

Subregion Name:

Galápagos Islands

Volcano Number:

1503-08=

Volcano Type:

Shield volcano

Volcano Status:

Historical

Last Known Eruption:

1991

Summit Elevation:

343 m

1,125 feet

Latitude:

0.33°N

0°20'0"N

Longitude:

90.47°W

90°28'0"W

Country:

Ecuador

Cinder cones with craters bury caldera

NE side has submarine lava flows

Subregion Name:

Galápagos Islands

Volcano Number:

1503-091

Volcano Type:

Shield volcano

Volcano Status:

Holocene

Last Known Eruption:

Unknown

Summit Elevation:

864 m

2,835 feet

Latitude:

0.62°S

0°37'0"S

Longitude:

90.33°W

90°20'0"W

Country:

Ecuador

Peppered with Holocene pyroclastic cones

Panhoehoe lava flows at James and Sullivan bays

Subregion Name:

Galápagos Islands

Volcano Number:

1503-09=

Volcano Type:

Shield volcano

Volcano Status:

Historical

Last Known Eruption:

1906

Summit Elevation:

920 m

3,018 feet

Latitude:

0.22°S

0°13'0"S

Longitude:

90.77°W

90°46'0"W

Country:

Ecuador

Covered with cinder cones

Subregion Name:

Galápagos Islands

Volcano Number:

1503-10=

Volcano Type:

Shield volcano

Volcano Status:

Holocene

Last Known Eruption:

Unknown

Summit Elevation:

640 m

2,100 feet

Latitude:

1.30°S

1°18'0"S

Longitude:

90.45°W

90°27'0"W

Country:

Ecuador

Resembles Hawaiian shield volcano

Younger lava flows formed littoral cones

Subregion Name:

Galápagos Islands

Volcano Number:

1503-12-

Volcano Type:

Shield volcano

Volcano Status:

Holocene

Last Known Eruption:

Unknown

Summit Elevation:

759 m

2,490 feet

Latitude:

0.88°S

0°53'0"S

Longitude:

89.50°W

89°30'0"W