Nightingale Island, United Kingdom

Stratovolcano · 365 m (1,198 ft) · Atlantic-S

Nightingale Island is a stratovolcano in the United Kingdom, 365 m (1,198 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1964 or later. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Nightingale Island on the map

Nightingale Island 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: 365 m (1,198 ft)
Country: United Kingdom
Region: Atlantic-S
Summit: 37.420° S, 12.480° W
Last known eruption: 1964 or later
Holocene activity known from: Historical
Smithsonian volcano number: 386011

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.

Earthquakes near Nightingale Island Ash advisories and webcams on the live map

Tristan da Cunha41 km

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 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.