San Carlos (Equatorial Guinea)
San Carlos | ||
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height | 2260 m | |
location | Equatorial Guinea | |
Coordinates | 3 ° 21 '14 " N , 8 ° 30' 47" E | |
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Type | Shield volcano | |
rock | Trachyte and basalt | |
Last eruption | unknown |
The San Carlos is a shield volcano in Equatorial Guinea . It is located in the southwest of the island of Bioko . It was classified as active in the 2000s . Little is known about its geological history. Its large caldera is near its summit. Near the San Carlos is the San Joaquin .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Global Volcanism Program | San Carlos. Accessed July 31, 2019 .
- ^ JG Fitton: The Cameroon line, West Africa: a comparison between oceanic and continental alkaline volcanism . In: Geological Society, London, Special Publications . tape 30 , no. 1 , 1987, ISSN 0305-8719 , pp. 273–291 , doi : 10.1144 / GSL.SP.1987.030.01.13 ( lyellcollection.org [accessed July 31, 2019]).
- ↑ Mitchell-Thomé, Raoul C .: Geology of the South Atlantic islands, . Borntraeger brothers, Berlin 1970, ISBN 3-443-11010-X .