Nevado de Toluca, Mexico

Nevado de Toluca from surrounding valley.  Image courtesy Ricardo Guaderrama Caraveo, via Medium.com, 2018

Ongoing Effusive Eruption at La Soufriere, St Vincent

An effusive eruption began on La Soufriere volcano on St Vincent (St Vincent and the Grenadines) island in the eastern Caribbean Sea in Dec.  Note that this is currently an ongoing dome building eruption.

Volcanoes of the Solomon Islands – Part 1 of 2

Map of Solomon Islands and most of its volcanoes. Two active volcanoes are in yellow, Kavachi, center left, and Tinakula, lower right. Recently active volcanoes are in bright green. Dormant / extinct volcanoes are black. Bougainville Island in the upper left is part of Papua New Guinea, but also volcanic. New Georgia Island group center left is home to most of the volcanoes to be discussed in this post. Image screen capture from interactive map in Volcano Discovery

The White Island Phreatic Eruption of Dec 9, 2019

White Island from helo Dec 10, the day after the eruption.  Note the new cover of ash, residual steam from the crater, and the significant outflow of mud into the surrounding ocean.  Image courtesy RNZ.co

Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand

Mount Ruapehu in eruption during 1995 eruption sequence.  Image courtesy TRTWorld blog, 2016

Hokkaido 2 – The Mashu Caldera, Hokkaido, Japan

Mashu caldera in winter with Kamuinupuri to the right of the photo and the Kamuishu dome in the middle of the lake. Image courtesy Wiki

 

The Toya – Usu post led me to the interesting volcanic history of Hokkaido, Japan.  Found a multiple caldera complex in eastern Hokkaido with three calderas in close proximity to one another.  Will write about these for the next few posts.

Makushin Volcano, Alaska. The 9th Most Dangerous Volcano in the US?

Active fumaroles on Makushin Volcano from Dutch Harbor July 2018. Photo courtesy Abi Woodbridge, via AVO

Suwanose-jima, one of Japan’s Most Active Volcanoes

Suwanose-jima island and Otake volcano in its center. Flank collapse and new pyroclastic cone are clearly visible on the center and to the east of the crater. Image screen capture via Google maps.

Activity Continues at Langila, New Britain, PNG

Langila Volcano. Crater 3 is to the right. Image taken in 1970. Courtesy Smithsonian GVP. https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=252010

Fisher Caldera, Alaska – The largest Caldera System in the State

Historically Active Volcanoes of Alaska. Image courtesy AVO. https://avo.alaska.edu/images/dbimages/display/1258656665_ak6.jpg