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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Campi Flegrei del Mar di Sicilia
An eruption at Graham Island (Giulia Ferdinandeo) in the Sicilian Sea in 1831. A new island was formed that was promptly claimed by Italy, France, Britain, and Spain. The island quickly eroded to beneath the sea surface after the eruption ended. Graham Island (also known as Ferdinandeo Bank) is part of the Campi Flegrei del Mar di Sicilia (Phlegraean Fields of the Sicily Sea), a group of submarine volcanoes constructed within a depression about 1,000 m deep, SW of Sicily. From the collection of Maurice and Katia Krafft (published in Simkin and Siebert, 1994).
Volcano Number:
211070
Volcano Name:
Campi Flegrei del Mar di Sicilia
Country:
Italy
Volcano Type:
Volcanic field
Last Eruption:
1867 CE
Elevation:
-8m
Tectonic Setting:
Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Pop. within 5km:
230578
Pop. within 10km:
230578
Pop. within 30km:
230578
Pop. within 100km:
633350
Latitude:
37.1
Longitude:
12.7
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Campi Flegrei del Mar di Sicilia (Phlegraean Fields of the Sicily Sea) is composed of a group of submarine volcanoes SW of Sicily. The volcanoes were constructed within a submarine depression about 1 km deep in the Strait of Sicily between the SW coast of Sicily and the NE tip of Tunisia, forming submarine banks that are capped by cones that rise to near sea level. Submarine eruptions were reported at the Giulia-Ferdinandeo and Pinne banks during the first Punic war (264-241 BCE), and from the 17th to 20th centuries, sometimes producing ephemeral islands. The 1831 eruption at Ferdinandea (also known as Graham in English or Giulia/Julia in French) produced an ephemeral island that was promptly claimed by the navies of France, Britain, Spain, and Italy.
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