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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Santa Cruz
The broad shield volcano forming Santa Cruz Island is seen from its northern coast. The oval-shaped, 32 x 40 km wide island is capped by cinder cones with well-preserved craters that largely bury a shallow summit caldera. The highland scoria cones are grouped along an E-W belt parallel to recent fault scarps that border Academy Bay, location of the Charles Darwin Research Station. Photo by Lee Siebert, 2006 (Smithsonian Institution).
Volcano Number:
353091
Volcano Name:
Santa Cruz
Country:
Ecuador
Volcano Type:
Shield
Elevation:
864m
Tectonic Setting:
Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Pop. within 5km:
8529
Pop. within 10km:
8529
Pop. within 30km:
8800
Pop. within 100km:
18434
Latitude:
-0.62
Longitude:
-90.33
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The highlands of the broad Santa Cruz shield volcano rise to the N above the Charles Darwin Research Station at Academy Bay. The oval-shaped, 32 x 40-km-wide island is capped by youthful pit craters and cinder cones with well-preserved craters that largely bury a shallow summit caldera. Older uplifted submarine lava flows are found on the NE part of the island and at the fault-delimited offshore island of Baltra. The highland scoria cones are grouped along an E-W belt parallel to recent fault scarps that border Academy Bay. The youngest lava flows were erupted from vents along the summit fissure and on the N flank. Their fresh morphology and sparsely vegetated surfaces suggest they may be only a few thousand years old, although their ages are not known precisely.
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