Volcanoes of French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Kerguelen Islands, French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Stratovolcano · 1,840 m (6,037 ft) · Indian O-S

Kerguelen Islands is a stratovolcano in French Southern and Antarctic Lands, 1,840 m (6,037 ft) high. Its last known eruption: undated, but a probable Holocene eruption. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Kerguelen Islands on the map

Kerguelen Islands and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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The volcano

Type: Stratovolcano
Elevation: 1,840 m (6,037 ft)
Country: French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Region: Indian O-S
Summit: 49.580° S, 69.500° E
Last known eruption: Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Holocene activity known from: Holocene
Smithsonian volcano number: 234020

Significant eruptions

NOAA records eruptions that killed, did damage, were very large, or set off a tsunami or earthquake.

None on record.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

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Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-10-01. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.