San Carlos (Equatorial Guinea)

San Carlos
height	2260 m
location	Equatorial Guinea
Coordinates	3 ° 21 '14 " N , 8 ° 30' 47" E Coordinates: 3 ° 21 '14 " N , 8 ° 30' 47" E
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 .

[1] Global Volcanism Program | San Carlos. Accessed July 31, 2019 .

[2] 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]).

[3] Mitchell-Thomé, Raoul C .: Geology of the South Atlantic islands, . Borntraeger brothers, Berlin 1970, ISBN 3-443-11010-X .