Australia has no current volcanic activity to date. Although there was volcanic activity that was recorded within Southern Australia around 5,000 years ago. The nearest active volcanoes to Australia rest in Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and Indonesia.
One well known volcano "Whakaari", rest on a neighboring island near New Zealand called White Island. It is a popular tourist attraction because much of the geothermal active occurs under the water and other activity can be observed from the surface. The most recent eruption occurred on December 9th, 2019 and injured and killed a great deal of tourists visiting the island. The volcano itself is quite volatile and has been placed on alert level 2, meaning the volcano isn't quite ready to erupt but is high in volcanic activity.
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Noah,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing! I really found it interesting that Australia has not experienced a Volcano in 5,000 years! Do other Volcanos near affect Australia? That is so scary hearing about the eruption and very sad since it is a popular tourist destination. Good to know about it.
I enjoyed reading your blog!
Marissa
Noah,
ReplyDeleteThis post was simple but super informative. Brazil has also not had any volcanic activity in many many years. It is so cool that people can actually go and visit the island Whakaari near New Zealand, to see the geothermal active that occurs under the water from the surface! Awesome post!
Leticia Ferreira
Hi Noah,
ReplyDeletesuper interesting blog post this week! From how I perceive it, it seems that Australia is one of the few continents, possibly even the only one, without any volcanic activities in the past 5,000 years. Due to Australia's immense landmass I would have guessed that this continent is home of many active volcanoes.
I also found it super interesting that your island is a popular tourist attraction similar to the island on which my discussed volcano, Soufrière Hills in Montserrat, is located. My volcano's activity, however, is not primarily under water. I found it incredibly eye-opening that volcanoes, with mostly geothermal activity under water, is still as dangerous and health threatening as a volcano on the surface.
Keep up the great work! I really enjoyed comparing your volcano to mine. See you next week!
Hey Noah,
ReplyDeleteI must say, I never knew that about Australia...especially when Australia being so close to New Zealand. As for my country (New Zealand) I did find out about the eruption that happen in Dec. of 2019 in New Zealand, it broke my heart to learn what had happen. Unlike Australia, New Zealand is full of all kinds different type of volcanoes. I love your blog, nice work!
-KGarcia