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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Barcena
Bárcena volcano forms the elongate island of San Benedicto, seen here from the SW in March 1955. The circular summit crater at the center and the lava delta to the right of the tuff cone formed during an eruption in 1952-53. Pleistocene lava domes are located at the far NE tip of the island. Dark-colored lava from the 1952-53 eruption can be seen in the summit crater. Photo by Adrian Richards, 1955 (U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office).
Volcano Number:
341020
Volcano Name:
Barcena
Country:
Mexico
Volcano Type:
Pyroclastic cone(s)
Last Eruption:
1953 CE
Elevation:
332m
Tectonic Setting:
Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Latitude:
19.3
Longitude:
-110.82
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Volcán Bárcena, formed by eruptions during 1952-53, is the most prominent feature of Isla San Benedicto, the NE-most of the Revillagigedo Islands, 350 km south of the tip of Baja California. San Benedicto island, elongated in a NE-SW direction, contains a series of Pleistocene trachytic lava domes at the north end. The southern end of the 4.5-km-long island is formed by Bárcena and Montículo Cinerítico, a smaller tephra cone that preceded and was largely overtopped by Bárcena. Montículo Cinerítico may also have been constructed during the past few hundred years and formed the high point of the island prior to the formation of Bárcena. Growth of the 300-m-high Bárcena tephra cone beginning in August 1952 was accompanied by strong explosive eruptions and pyroclastic flows. The eruption concluded the following year with the emplacement of two small lava domes in the crater and extrusion of a prominent coastal lava delta at the SE base of the cone.
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