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Underappreciated? SuperVolcanoes

Supervolcanoes, Part 5:  Cerro Galan

Baekdu Mountain, Korea/China

Santorini, Greece 1645 BC

Kikai, Japan  ~4350 BC

Crater Lake, Oregon ~5677 BC

Two new SuperEruptions, Central Andes

Underrated eruptions

Dubbi--largest known African Eruption 1861

Huaynaputino, Peru 1600 AD

Aniakchak, Alaska

Kurile Lake, Kamchatka

Baekdu, Korea

How many big eruptions are undiscovered in the geologic record?

The morphology of supervolcanoes requires a synoptic perspective. This means you can live on one and not even know it.  And since they don’t erupt often, noone remembers a thing.

Cerro Galan

Aniakchak caldera