Saba, Lesser Antilles, Nederlands - Mount Scenery. The northernmost active
(strato) volcano of the West Indies and the Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc has
Pyroclastic Flows and last erupted in 1636 is on an Holocene lava dome island eight miles (13km) square which rises 1500 km above the seafloor, and formed 100,000 years ago. In case of volcanic eruptions, the best case scenario would be evacuation from the island's less than two thousand souls from the world's smallest
airport (Flat Point Peninsula) as soon as possible. FEMA on volcanic readiness:
HERE on
The Mountain
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Information The Volcano on Saba, Mount Scenery, or more simply The Mountain rises to 887m has a large number of Pelean Domes, or pyroclastic deposits, the largest and last of which is the Mount itself, partially covering a sector collapse scar which runs southwest on which the capital sits. Offshore are other
Pelaean domes one of which is only 23m below sea level.
Plinian and
Asama style activity are indicated. The island has a NE-SW ENE fault zone filled with magma evidenced by hot springs located all along it. For more information see
Saba Bank .
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Evidence of the last volcanic eruption exists in a layer of ash carbon dated to 280 YA....
Saba is located 542 miles south of Haiti.
ReplyDeleteit seems those mountains are very active and that their magma chambers are on the move...very interesting and scary post!
ReplyDeleteLiving on Saba is living on the edge.
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