What the records say
- When
- 30 Sep 2007
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Where
- Yemen
- Coordinates
- 15.55° N, 41.83° E
- Vei
- 3
- Deaths
- 7
- Injuries
- 1
- Volcano type
- Stratovolcano
Jabal al-Tair Island
Volcanic island in Red Sea
Jabal al-Tair Island is a roughly oval volcanic island in Yemen, northwest of the constricted Bab al-Mandab passage at the mouth of the Red Sea, about halfway between mainland Yemen and Eritrea. From 1996 until an eruption in 2007, Yemen maintained two watchtowers and a small military base on the island.
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2 sources record it
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Smithsonian GVP Volcanoes of the World: Holocene eruptionsGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · names it “Eruption of Jebel at Tair”Smithsonian 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
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