Global Volcanism Program

The Global Volcanism Program has no activity reports available for Monte Vulture.

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This compilation of synonyms and subsidiary features may not be comprehensive. Features are organized into four major categories: Cones, Craters, Domes, and Thermal Features. Synonyms of features appear indented below the primary name. In some cases additional feature type, elevation, or location details are provided.

Craters

Feature Name

Feature Type

Elevation

Latitude

Longitude

Piccolo di Monticchio, Lago

Maar

Domes

Feature Name

Feature Type

Elevation

Latitude

Longitude

Toppo San Pablo

Dome

Basic Data

Volcano Number

Last Known Eruption

Elevation

Latitude
Longitude

211812

Pleistocene

1,330 m / 4,364 ft

40.92°N
15.67°E

Morphology

Volcano Landform
Composite

Volcano Types
Stratovolcano
Caldera
Maar(s)
Lava dome(s)

Tectonic Setting

Subduction zone
Continental crust (> 25 km)

Geological Summary

The isolated Monte Vulture is a stratovolcano with a summit caldera and a few cones that erupted lavas and pyroclastics covering 150 km². Petrologically and geochemically distinct, it is classified as its own magmatic province: the Lucanian Magmatic Province, in the Apulian Region (Peccerillo, 2005). The most recent volcanic activity formed two intra-caldera maars and involved explosive eruptions of carbonate-rich tuff, with the Lago Piccolo di Monticchio maar dated at 0.141 Ma (Peccerillo, 2005; Villa and Buettner, 2009). Capaldi et al. (1985) reported the youngest dated products from Vulture as 0.42 million years old. Peccerillo (2005) give an age range of 0.8-0.13 Ma for Vulture volcanics.

References

The following references have all been used during the compilation of data for this volcano, it is not a comprehensive bibliography.

Capaldi G, Civetta L, Gillot P Y, 1985. Geochronology of Plio-Pleistocene volcanic rocks from southern Italy. Rendiconti Soc Italiana Min Petr, 40: 25-44.

IAVCEI, 1973-80. Post-Miocene Volcanoes of the World. IAVCEI Data Sheets, Rome: Internatl Assoc Volc Chemistry Earth's Interior.

La Volpe L, Patella D, Rapisardi L, Tramacere A, 1984. The evolution of the Monte Vulture volcano (southern Italy): inferences from volcanological, geological and deep dipole electrical soundings data. Bull Volcanol, 22: 147-162.

Peccerillo A, 2005. Plio-Quaternary Volcanism in Italy. Berlin: Springer, 365 p.

Villa I M, Buettner A, 2009. Chronostratigraphy of Monte Vulture volcano (southern Italy): secondary mineral microtextures and 39Ar-40Ar systematics. Bull Volcanol, 71: 1195-1208.

Eruptive History

The Global Volcanism Program is not aware of any Holocene eruptions from Monte Vulture. If this volcano has had large eruptions (VEI >= 4) prior to 12,000 years ago, information might be found on the Monte Vulture page in the LaMEVE (Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions) database, a part of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA).

Deformation History

There is no Deformation History data available for Monte Vulture.

Emission History

There is no Emissions History data available for Monte Vulture.

Photo Gallery

The Global Volcanism Program has no photographs available for Monte Vulture.

GVP Map Holdings

Maps are not currently available due to technical issues.

Smithsonian Sample Collections Database

There are no samples for Monte Vulture in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection.

External Sites

Copernicus Browser

The Copernicus Browser replaced the Sentinel Hub Playground browser in 2023, to provide access to Earth observation archives from the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem, the main distribution platform for data from the EU Copernicus missions.

WOVOdat
   Single Volcano View
   Temporal Evolution of Unrest
   Side by Side Volcanoes

WOVOdat is a database of volcanic unrest; instrumentally and visually recorded changes in seismicity, ground deformation, gas emission, and other parameters from their normal baselines. It is sponsored by the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (WOVO) and presently hosted at the Earth Observatory of Singapore.

GVMID Data on Volcano Monitoring Infrastructure The Global Volcano Monitoring Infrastructure Database GVMID, is aimed at documenting and improving capabilities of volcano monitoring from the ground and space. GVMID should provide a snapshot and baseline view of the techniques and instrumentation that are in place at various volcanoes, which can be use by volcano observatories as reference to setup new monitoring system or improving networks at a specific volcano. These data will allow identification of what monitoring gaps exist, which can be then targeted by remote sensing infrastructure and future instrument deployments.

IRIS seismic stations/networks

Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Data Services map showing the location of seismic stations from all available networks (permanent or temporary) within a radius of 0.18° (about 20 km at mid-latitudes) from the given location of Monte Vulture. Users can customize a variety of filters and options in the left panel. Note that if there are no stations are known the map will default to show the entire world with a "No data matched request" error notice.

UNAVCO GPS/GNSS stations

Geodetic Data Services map from UNAVCO showing the location of GPS/GNSS stations from all available networks (permanent or temporary) within a radius of 20 km from the given location of Monte Vulture. Users can customize the data search based on station or network names, location, and time window. Requires Adobe Flash Player.

Large Eruptions of Monte Vulture

Information about large Quaternary eruptions (VEI >= 4) is cataloged in the Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions (LaMEVE) database of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA).

EarthChem

EarthChem develops and maintains databases, software, and services that support the preservation, discovery, access and analysis of geochemical data, and facilitate their integration with the broad array of other available earth science parameters. EarthChem is operated by a joint team of disciplinary scientists, data scientists, data managers and information technology developers who are part of the NSF-funded data facility Integrated Earth Data Applications (IEDA). IEDA is a collaborative effort of EarthChem and the Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS).