Upolu Volcano | John Seach

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Upolu Island, Samoa

13.935 S, 171.72 W
summit elevation 1100 m
Shield volcano

Upolu island is a large shield volcano, elongated 75 km in an east-west direction. Three recent lava flows erupted from vents near the crest of the island at its center and western side. Apolima Island off the western tip of Upolu is a young tuff cone.

Further reading
Cronin, S.J., Bonte-Grapentin, M. and Nemeth, K., 2006. Samoa technical report-Review of volcanic hazard maps for Savai'i and Upolu.

Upolu Volcano Eruptions

Eruptions in the past few thousand years.