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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Fogo
The 9-km-wide Cha caldera, open to the east, truncates the summit of Fogo stratovolcano. An ash plume (center) rises from an active vent on the western flank of the steep-sided Pico central cone (right). Pico is more than 1 km high and capped by an approximately 500-m-wide, 100-m-deep summit crater. Numerous historical eruptions have occurred from the summit of Pico and from its flanks in Cha caldera. Photo by Dick Moore, 1995 (U.S. Geological Survey).
Volcano Number:
384010
Volcano Name:
Fogo
Country:
Cabo Verde
Volcano Type:
Stratovolcano
Last Eruption:
2015 CE
Elevation:
2829m
Tectonic Setting:
Intraplate / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
Pop. within 5km:
189
Pop. within 10km:
13254
Pop. within 30km:
37650
Pop. within 100km:
267298
Latitude:
14.95
Longitude:
-24.35
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The island of Fogo consists of a single massive stratovolcano that is the most prominent of the Cape Verde Islands. The roughly circular 25-km-wide island is truncated by a large 9-km-wide caldera that is breached to the east and has a headwall 1 km high. The caldera is located asymmetrically NE of the center of the island and was formed as a result of massive lateral collapse of the older Monte Armarelo edifice. A very youthful steep-sided central cone, Pico, rises more than 1 km above the caldera floor to about 100 m above the rim. Pico, which is capped by a 500-m-wide, 150-m-deep summit crater, was apparently in almost continuous activity from the time of Portuguese settlement in 1500 CE until around 1760. Later lava flows, some from vents on the caldera floor, reached the eastern coast below the breached caldera.
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