Kavachi
CountrySolomon Islands
TypeSubmarine volcano
Elevation-20 m
Last Eruption2024
About Kavachi
A submarine volcano that occasionally breaks the surface creating temporary islands. Known as Sharkcano because satellite imagery found hammerhead and silky sharks living in the acidic crater water. Its eruptions are visible as boiling water and steam on the ocean surface.
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