Soufrière Hills

Soufrière Hills
Elevation	915 m
Latitude	16° 43′ ″ N
Longitude	62° 11′ ″ W

Soufrière Hills is a stratovolcano on the island of Montserrat, W.I. It extrudes an andesitic lava, meaning it forms lava domes, with pryoclastic flows, rockfalls, lahars and major dome collapses being the largest hazards. The volcano has been erupting discontinuously since 1995. The last significant period of lava extrusion ceased in February 2010. Soufriere Hills has been in a state of eruptive pause since then, but continues to emit volcanic gases passively (the SO₂ emissions since the end of February 2010 have an average of ~ 400 tonnes/day).

Links

MVO: Montserrat Volcano Observatory
Global Volcanism Project page for Soufrière Hills