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Country: | Ecuador | |
| Subregion Name: | Galápagos Islands | ||
| Volcano Number: | 1503-12- | ||
| Volcano Type: | Shield volcano | ||
| Volcano Status: | Holocene | ||
| Last Known Eruption: | Unknown | ||
| Summit Elevation: | 759 m | 2,490 feet | |
| Latitude: | 0.88°S | 0°53'0"S | |
| Longitude: | 89.50°W | 89°30'0"W | |
| San Cristóbal Island consists of a densely vegetated western part and a lower, younger eastern part with many extremely youthful lava flows. The SW-side shield volcano morphologically resembles low-angle Hawaiian shields more than the steep-sided shields of Fernandina and Isabela Island. Most lava flows on the NE part of the island originated from SW-NE-trending fissures. Young lava flows have reached the sea, where some littoral cones formed. The latest eruptions were prehistorical in age, but are probably less than 1000 years old. Kicker Rock, two paired, steep-cliffed islands separated by a narrow cleft, is an enroded remnant of a tuff cone that forms one of the scenic highlights of the Galápagos, 5 km off the west coast of San Cristóbal. | |||
