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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Diables, Morne aux
Morne aux Diables stratovolcano at the northern tip of the island of Dominica rises above beaches on the NE shore of the island near the village of Calibishie. Several nested craters and a 90-m-high, 335-m-wide lava dome are located within a larger 1.2-km-wide crater. The youngest, NW crater contains an active fumarolic area. No eruptions are known in historical time. Severe earthquake swarms in 1841 and 1893 were associated with either Morne aux Daibles or Morne Diablotins to the south. Photo by Jan Lindsay, 2000 (Seismic Research Unit, University of West Indies)
Volcano Number:
360080
Volcano Name:
Diables, Morne aux
Country:
Dominica
Volcano Type:
Lava dome(s)
Elevation:
861m
Tectonic Setting:
Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Pop. within 5km:
8048
Pop. within 10km:
12036
Pop. within 30km:
33148
Pop. within 100km:
479470
Latitude:
15.612
Longitude:
-61.43
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The lava dome complex of Morne aux Diables (Devils' Peak) forms the northern tip of the island of Dominica. Several nested craters and a 90-m-high, 335-m-wide lava dome are located within a larger 1.2-km-wide crater. The complex overall includes seven andesitic lava domes with a central depression where a cold soufriere is located. A chain of lava domes, two of which form a peninsula on the SW flank, form an E-W belt across the S flank. Bathymetry shows a double-peaked lava dome (known informally as Twin Peaks) off the northern coast, truncated by a 4-km-long fault-bounded cliff. No eruptions are known in historical time, although the volcano has a youthful appearance and activity at flank domes likely continued into the late-Pleistocene and Holocene. The youngest (NW) summit crater contains an active thermal area with bubbling springs. Severe earthquake swarms in 1841 and 1893 were associated with either Morne aux Diables or Morne Diablotins to the south. Shallow volcano-tectonic seismicity was detected as recently as February 2010.
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