Global Volcanism Program | Netherlands Volcanoes

Netherlands has 2 Holocene volcanoes. Note that as a scientific organization we provide these listings for informational purposes only, with no international legal or policy implications. Volcanoes will be included on this list if they are within the boundaries of a country, on a shared boundary or area, in a remote territory, or within a maritime Exclusive Economic Zone. Bolded volcanoes have erupted within the past 20 years. Suggestions and data updates are always welcome ().

Volcano Name	Last Eruption	Volcanic Province	Primary Landform
The Quill	250 CE	Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc	Composite
Saba	1640 CE	Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc	Composite

Chronological listing of known Holocene eruptions (confirmed or uncertain) from volcanoes in Netherlands. Bolded eruptions indicate continuing activity.

Volcano Name	Start Date	Stop Date	Certainty	VEI	Evidence
Saba	1640 (in or before)	Unknown	Confirmed		Observations: Reported
The Quill	0250 ± 150 years	Unknown	Confirmed		Isotopic: 14C (uncalibrated)
The Quill	0550 BCE (?)	Unknown	Confirmed		Isotopic: 14C (uncalibrated)
The Quill	6140 BCE ± 200 years	Unknown	Confirmed	4	Isotopic: 14C (uncalibrated)

Netherlands has 1 Pleistocene volcanoes. Note that as a scientific organization we provide these listings for informational purposes only, with no international legal or policy implications. Volcanoes will be included on this list if they are within the boundaries of a country, on a shared boundary or area, in a remote territory, or within a maritime Exclusive Economic Zone. Suggestions and data updates are always welcome ().

Volcano Name	Volcanic Province	Primary Volcano Type
Northern Centres	Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc	Composite

There are 2 photos available for volcanoes in Netherlands.

Mt. Scenery, the summit lava dome of Saba volcano, is seen from the airport on the NE side of the island. The sun-dappled slopes in the foreground are the surface of a large andesitic lava flow that descends the NE flank of the volcano and forms the Flat Point Peninsula, on which the airport was constructed. A steep switch-backed road extends from the airport to the village of Lower Hells Gate (center). Saba is the northernmost active volcano of the West Indies.

Photo by John Shepherd, 2000 (Seismic Research Unit, University of West Indies).

The Quill stratovolcano (center) forms the SE end of Statia (St. Eustatius) Island. Pleistocene volcanic rocks form the hill at the lower left, and Mount Liamuiga volcano on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) Island rises across the strait at the right center. A steep-sided 760-m-wide crater truncates the summit of The Quill, which was formed about 32,000-22,000 years ago by rhyolitic eruptions on a shallow-water limestone bank. Pyroclastic-flow and -surge deposits, the last of which were erupted about 400 CE, blanket the slopes of the volcano.

Photo by John Shepherd, 2000 (Seismic Research Unit, University of West Indies).

This is a compilation of Netherlands volcano information sources, such as official monitoring or other government agencies.

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