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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Trois Pitons, Morne
Two large lava domes, Micotrin (lower right) and Morne Trois Pitons (upper right), are located along the margin of a large semi-circular depression on the western coast of central Dominica NE of the capital city of Roseau. The village of Laudat at the lower left lies along a road traversing the flanks of Micotrin on the way to the Atlantic coast. The most recent dated dome-forming eruption at the Trois Pitons/Micotrin complex took place about 800 CE. Morne Diablotins volcano lies in the clouds at the upper left. Photo by Paul Jackson, 1998 (Seismic Research Unit, University of West Indies).
Volcano Number:
360100
Volcano Name:
Trois Pitons, Morne
Country:
Dominica
Volcano Type:
Complex
Last Eruption:
920 CE
Elevation:
1387m
Tectonic Setting:
Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Pop. within 5km:
2493
Pop. within 10km:
29522
Pop. within 30km:
62348
Pop. within 100km:
687847
Latitude:
15.37
Longitude:
-61.33
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Two large lava-domes complexes, Morne Trois Pitons and Micotrin, rise NE of the capital city of Roseau in central Dominica. Micotrin (Morne Macaque) dome lies immediately south of the larger 1387-m-high Morne Trois Pitons; small lakes are located in the saddle between the two domes and on the eastern flank of Micotrin. The domes are located along the margin of a large semi-circular depression on the western coast of central Dominica, whose origin has been variously attributed to caldera collapse, gravity sliding, or the juxtaposition of several independent volcanic centers. The area is the source of the voluminous, mostly submarine Roseau Tuff, a thick sequence of pyroclastic flows erupted between about 40,000 and 25,000 years ago. It is considered to have originated from calderas at Morne Trois Piton and Wotten Waven, the latter an elliptical NE-SW-trending caldera containing Microtin at its NE end. Explosive eruptions at the Trois Piton-Microtin complex producing pyroclastic flows continued into the late Pleistocene and Holocene. The youngest dated eruption took place about 800 CE, but other smaller eruptions may have occurred since.
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