Tristan da Cunha, Atlantic Ocean

Stratovolcano · 2,060 m (6,759 ft) · Atlantic-S

Tristan da Cunha is a stratovolcano in the Atlantic Ocean, 2,060 m (6,759 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1900 to 1963. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Tristan da Cunha on the map

Tristan da Cunha 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: 2,060 m (6,759 ft)
Country: Atlantic Ocean
Region: Atlantic-S
Summit: 37.092° S, 12.280° W
Last known eruption: 1900 to 1963
Holocene activity known from: Historical
Smithsonian volcano number: 386010

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 Tristan da Cunha Ash advisories and webcams on the live map

Nightingale Island41 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.