Vailulu'u, United States

Submarine volcano · -592 m (-1,942 ft) · Samoa-SW Pacific

Vailulu'u is a submarine volcano in the United States, -592 m (-1,942 ft) high. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Vailulu'u on the map

Vailulu'u 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: Submarine volcano
Elevation: -592 m (-1,942 ft)
Country: United States
Region: Samoa-SW Pacific
Summit: 14.215° S, 169.058° W
Last known eruption: Unknown
Holocene activity known from: Uncertain
Smithsonian volcano number: 244000

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