Eruption of Soufriere Hills
3 Mar 2004 – 2 May 2004 · 16.72° N, 62.18° W
The Soufrière Hills is an active, complex stratovolcano with many lava domes forming its summit on the Caribbean island of Montserrat, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. After a long period of dormancy, the Soufrière Hills volcano became active in 1995 and continued to erupt until 2010.
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What the records say
- When
- 3 Mar 2004 – 2 May 2004
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Coordinates
- 16.72° N, 62.18° W
- Vei
- 3
- Dated by
- Observations: Reported
- Volcano number
- 360050
- Eruption number
- 12347
- Vei modifier
- ?
Soufrière Hills
Volcano on Montserrat in the Caribbean
The Soufrière Hills is an active, complex stratovolcano with many lava domes forming its summit on the Caribbean island of Montserrat, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. After a long period of dormancy, the Soufrière Hills volcano became active in 1995 and continued to erupt until 2010. Its last eruption was in 2013.
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The source
- Smithsonian GVP Volcanoes of the World: Holocene eruptionsGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian terms of use: personal, educational and non-commercial use, with creditGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution: Volcanoes of the World v5.3, https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2025.5.3Source page