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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Milos
The western side of Mílos Island contains a cluster of lava domes. Mílos and adjacent small islands have grown from submarine and subaerial volcanism that initially was dominantly andesitic and basaltic, but ended with primarily rhyolitic eruptions. Phreatic explosions, commonly producing overlapping craters typically less than 1 km in diameter, continued from late-Pleistocene to Holocene time. Photo by Ichio Moriya (Kanazawa University).
Volcano Number:
212030
Volcano Name:
Milos
Country:
Greece
Volcano Type:
Stratovolcano(es)
Last Eruption:
140 CE
Elevation:
751m
Tectonic Setting:
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Pop. within 5km:
6688
Pop. within 10km:
7389
Pop. within 30km:
9851
Pop. within 100km:
73100
Latitude:
36.699
Longitude:
24.439
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Mílos and adjacent small islands have grown from submarine and subaerial volcanism that initially was dominantly andesitic and basaltic, but ended with predominately rhyolitic eruptions. The oldest volcanic rocks are Pliocene submarine rhyolitic pyroclastic-flow deposits overlying basement metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. The latest activity during the late Pleistocene was concentrated in the eastern half of the low, U-shaped Mílos Island, forming lava domes and phreatic explosion craters, and on Antimílos Island to the NW, where a composite volcano was constructed. The youngest magmatic eruptions took place about 90,000 years ago, but phreatic explosions, commonly producing overlapping craters rarely more than 1 km in diameter, continued from late-Pleistocene to Recent times. A lahar deposit in SE Mílos, east of Fyriplaka tuff ring, buried walls of a Roman harbor town and overlies a coarse ash layer, and was considered to originate from a small phreatic explosion through basement rocks.
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