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    Pico Basilé

    Shield volcano · 2,999 m · Equatorial Guinea

    Pico Basilé
    Photo: Serge Moons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

    Pico Basilé sits on the African Plate, above a hotspot, away from plate boundaries. 3 eruptions are known since the end of the last ice age, the most recent in 1923.

    Elevation
    2,999 m
    Type
    Shield volcano
    Tectonic Setting
    Intraplate (hotspot), continental crust
    Dominant Rock
    Basalt / Picro-Basalt
    Plate
    African Plate
    Country
    Equatorial Guinea
    Last Eruption
    1923
    Known Eruptions (Holocene)
    3

    Eruption Timeline

    Each bar is an eruption; its height shows its explosivity (VEI 0 to 8).

    189819031923 VEI 2VEI 4VEI 6 14991500180019002000

    Eruption Uncertain Date

    Sources : Global Volcanism Program, 2026. Volcanoes of the World (v. 5.4.0; 7 Aug 2026), Smithsonian Institution, doi:10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2026.5.4 (volcano.si.edu) · NOAA NCEI · USGS · Wikidata