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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Fayal
Fayal volcano is capped by a 2-km-wide, 400-m-deep summit caldera, seen here from its southern rim. A small pyroclastic cone (center) and a dark lake (right) can be seen on the floor of the caldera. The caldera was formed incrementally, beginning with a large eruption about 1,000 years ago. Thick airfall-pumice and pyroclastic-flow deposits related to this eruption cover the island. Photo by Rick Wunderman, 1997 (Smithsonian Institution).
Volcano Number:
382010
Volcano Name:
Fayal
Country:
Portugal
Volcano Type:
Stratovolcano
Last Eruption:
1958 CE
Elevation:
1041m
Tectonic Setting:
Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Pop. within 5km:
1514
Pop. within 10km:
13757
Pop. within 30km:
24414
Pop. within 100km:
50663
Latitude:
38.576
Longitude:
-28.713
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The island of Fayal, also spelled Faial, is the nearest of the central Azorean islands to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The island is composed of a complex large andesitic-to-trachytic stratovolcano that contains a 2-km-wide summit caldera. Thick deposits of trachytic airfall pumice, pyroclastic flows, and lahars related to formation of the caldera cover the island. Formation of the steep-walled 400-m-deep caldera was followed by construction of fissure-fed basaltic lava fields and small volcanoes that form a peninsula extending to the west. This area is covered by the youngest volcanic products on the island. A submarine eruption at Capelinhos during 1957-58 created a new island that soon merged with the western peninsula.
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Eruption Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
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