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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Gemini-Oscostar
Volcano Number:
258001
Volcano Name:
Gemini-Oscostar
Country:
Vanuatu
Volcano Type:
Stratovolcano
Last Eruption:
1996 CE
Elevation:
-33m
Tectonic Setting:
Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Pop. within 100km:
187
Latitude:
-20.957
Longitude:
170.13
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The submarine Gemini-Oscostar volcanic field lies near the southern end of the Vanuatu (or New Hebrides) Volcanic Arc, ~100 km S of Aneityum Island. Water discoloration and bursts of very dark water were observed from Oscostar seamount (also known as Eastern Gemini) from a passing ship on 18 February 1996. Overflights as late as 22 February noted periodic explosions that ejected black material to about 20 m above sea level. It consists of an elongated NNE-SSW-trending ridge of submarine volcanoes with satellitic cones. Several basaltic samples and one andesitic rock dredged in 1989 were described as glassy, vesicular, and extremely fresh.
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Eruption Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
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