Havre Seamount

Short description: Volcanic seamount in the Kermadec Islands group

Havre Seamount

Location of Havre Seamount in Oceania

Satellite image of 2012 eruption

Summit depth| 720 m (2,400 ft)
Height| 1,030 m (3,400 ft)
Location
Location| South Pacific Ocean
Group| Kermadec Islands
Coordinates|  [ ⚑ ] : 31°07′S 179°00′W﻿ / ﻿31.11°S 179.00°W﻿ / -31.11; -179.00
Country| New Zealand
Geology
Type| Seamount
Last eruption| July 2012

Havre Seamount is an active volcanic seamount lying within the Kermadec Islands group of New Zealand, in the south-west Pacific Ocean, on the Tonga-Kermadec Ridge.[1] Its most recent eruption took place in July 2012.[2]

## See also

* Monowai (seamount)

## References

1. ↑ Knafelc, J.; Gust, D.; Bryan, S. E.; Anderson, M.; Cathey, H. E. (2022). "Petrogenesis of Havre Volcano in the Kermadec Arc: 2012 Eruption of a Chemically Homogeneous Rhyolite". Frontiers in Earth Science 10. doi:10.3389/feart.2022.886897. Bibcode: 2022FrEaS..10.6897K. "As most volcanoes in the Kermadec rear-arc are inactive, Havre and Giggenbach are both classified as active rear arc volcanoes".
2. ↑ "Havre Seamount". Smithsonian Institution. https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=242005.

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