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Solomon Islands

Volcanoes in Solomon Islands

Map, activity and eruption history

The Holocene catalogue of the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program lists 7 volcanoes in Solomon Islands. This page brings together the map, report status, eruption history and the surroundings of every single volcano. None of them currently has a running eruption report.

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With a current report
None No current eruption report
Volcanoes in the catalogue
7
Documented eruptions
21
Highest volcano
796 mTinakula
Last documented eruption
2024Tinakula

Map

Volcano map of Solomon Islands

Every volcano in the country with plate boundaries, air traffic within 50 km, airports and nuclear power plants. Earthquakes can be added on top.

Map layers

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Markers show the catalogue position of a volcano, not the extent of a hazard zone. Plate boundaries after Bird (2003), PB2002.

All volcanoes in Solomon Islands

Sorted by report status and elevation. Every entry opens the full volcano profile.

Volcano catalogue
  1. Tinakula No current eruption report
    Type
    Stratovolcano
    Elevation
    796 m
    Last eruption
    2024
    Eruptions
    8
  2. Savo No current eruption report
    Type
    Stratovolcano
    Elevation
    455 m
    Last eruption
    1847
    Eruptions
    4
  3. Simbo No current eruption report
    Type
    Stratovolcano
    Elevation
    335 m
    Last eruption
    1910
    Eruptions
    1
  4. Kavachi No current eruption report
    Type
    Stratovolcano
    Elevation
    -20 m
    Last eruption
    2014
    Eruptions
    8
  5. New Georgia at 8.9°S No current eruption report
    Type
    Stratovolcano
    Elevation
    -240 m
    Last eruption
    Not available
    Eruptions
    —
  6. Kana Keoki No current eruption report
    Type
    Stratovolcano
    Elevation
    -700 m
    Last eruption
    Not available
    Eruptions
    —
  7. Coleman Seamount No current eruption report
    Type
    Stratovolcano
    Elevation
    -717 m
    Last eruption
    Not available
    Eruptions
    —

“Last eruption” is a catalogue record, not evidence of activity in progress.

Significant volcanic eruptions in Solomon Islands

Eruptions with fatalities, damage or high explosivity from the NOAA NCEI database of significant volcanic eruptions.

  1. 1568 Savo VEI 3 1,001 Deaths
  2. 1840 Savo VEI 3 100 Deaths
  3. 1966 Tinakula VEI 3 Tsunami
  4. 1840 Tinakula VEI 3 Deaths: many (roughly 101–1000)
  5. 1971 Tinakula VEI 2 Tsunami
  6. 1951 Kavachi VEI 2 Tsunami
  7. 1897 Tinakula VEI 2 Damage: limited (below 1 million USD) Tsunami

Explosivity of the documented eruptions

VEI · 17

VEI 0
1
VEI 1
11
VEI 2
2
VEI 3
3
VEI 4
0
VEI 5
0
VEI 6
0

The Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) runs from 0 (effusive) to 8 (super-eruptive). Each step stands for roughly ten times the erupted mass.

Eruptions per century

1500–1599
1
1600–1699
1
1800–1899
2
1900–1999
6
2000–2099
11

Documented eruptions since 1500. Earlier centuries are recorded less completely, so a rise also reflects better observation.

Earthquakes near volcanoes – Solomon Islands

2 events in the last 30 days within 50 km of a volcano in Solomon Islands.

Earthquakes · Solomon Islands

Spatial proximity does not establish a volcanic origin. Many events in volcanic regions are tectonic.

Tectonic setting and volcano types

What the volcanic landscape of Solomon Islands is made of and which tectonic setting it sits in.

Tectonic setting

  • Subduction zone / Crustal thickness unknown7

Most common volcano types

  • Stratovolcano7

Infrastructure within 100 km

Airports with scheduled service and nuclear power plant sites near a volcano in Solomon Islands.

Airports 7

  • Gatokae Aerodrome27.7 km · GTA
  • Santa Cruz/Graciosa Bay/Luova Airport37.2 km · SCZ
  • Honiara International Airport42.3 km · HIR
  • Nusatupe Airport43.6 km · GZO
  • Munda Airport53.5 km · MUA
  • Yandina Airport65.3 km · XYA
  • Ramata Airport91.8 km · RBV

Nuclear power plants 0

No site from the included datasets lies within this radius.

This selection shows geographic proximity, not a hazard zone or confirmed impacts.

Volcanoes in profile – Solomon Islands

Short descriptions of the country's best-known volcanoes.

Tinakula

Stratovolcano · 796 m · Last eruption: 2024

Tinakula is a conical stratovolcano which forms an island north of Nendo in Temotu Province, Solomon Islands. It lies at the north end of the Santa Cruz Islands. It is about 3.5 kilometres wide and rises 851 metres above sea level, rising three to four kilometres from the sea floor. The volcano was first recorded in eruption in 1595 when Spanish explorer Álvaro de Mendaña sailed past it during his second expedition across the Pacific Ocean. Tinakula has also been known in the past as Tamami or Volcano Island.

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Savo

Stratovolcano · 455 m · Last eruption: 1847

Savo Island is an island in Solomon Islands in the South Pacific ocean. Administratively, Savo Island is a part of the Central Province of Solomon Islands. It is about 35 kilometres (22 mi) from the national capital of Honiara. The principal village is Alialia, in the north of the island.

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Simbo

Stratovolcano · 335 m · Last eruption: 1910

Simbo is an island in Western Province, Solomon Islands. It was known to early Europeans as Eddystone Island. The islanders have their unique language spoken nowhere else.

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Kavachi

Stratovolcano · -20 m · Last eruption: 2014

Kavachi is one of the most active submarine volcanoes in the south-west Pacific Ocean. Located south of Vangunu Island in the Solomon Islands, it is named after a sea god of the New Georgia Group islanders and is also referred to locally as Rejo te Kavachi. The volcano has become emergent and then been eroded back into the sea at least eight times since its first recorded eruption in 1939.

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Coleman Seamount

Stratovolcano · -717 m · Last eruption: Not available

Coleman Seamount is a submarine volcano in the western Solomon Islands. The volcano was discovered in 1985 by the Hawaiian "Moana Wave" research vessel.

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Short descriptions: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Frequently asked questions about volcanoes in Solomon Islands

How many volcanoes are there in Solomon Islands?
The Holocene catalogue of the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program lists 7 volcanoes in Solomon Islands. It covers volcanoes with eruptions during the last roughly 12,000 years.
Which volcano in Solomon Islands is the highest?
The highest recorded volcano is Tinakula at 796 m.
When was the last documented eruption in Solomon Islands?
The most recent eruption documented in the catalogue dates from 2024 (Tinakula).
Are the volcanoes in Solomon Islands active?
None of the 7 volcanoes currently has an eruption report. That does not mean they are extinct – source coverage differs from volcano to volcano.
Why does the map show aircraft around volcanoes?
Volcanic ash endangers aircraft engines. The map therefore shows live positions within 50 km of a volcano so that the proximity of air traffic to an active volcano becomes visible.
Where does the data on this page come from?
Catalogue data and eruption history from the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program, significant eruptions from NOAA NCEI, alert levels and bulletins from USGS, GeoNet and INGV, earthquakes from the QuakeMap24 database, flight positions from ADSB.lol.

Volcanoes in other countries

Countries with at least 5 volcanoes in the catalogue.

All countries with volcanoes

Sources and data dates

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