England's/UK Volcanic Activity
The countries that lie within the UK and especially the territory of England do not experience any volcanic activity. Volcanic activity within the UK is so rare that "it has been around 60 million years since there was an active volcano in the UK". Though, back 60 million years ago, when volcanoes were erupting actively, "remnants of these explosive landforms can be found throughout the countryside. From Snowdon and Ben Nevis to the Borrowdale hills," some of where Britain's most impressive extinct volcanoes are located today. One of the most impressive volcanoes that erupted approximately 65 million years ago is in the Cullin Hills, Isle of Skye. Researchers describe it as the "most dramatic mountains in the United Kingdom. If they look fearsome now, imagine what they must have been like at the height of their lava-spewing life in the early Paleogene era".
If you did not know, the UK has many extinct volcanoes, primarily due to the UK being distant from the ring of fire and the fact that the volcanoes haven't erupted in millions of years. Fun fact "the four previously unknown volcanoes, which are now extinct, are situated about 250 kilometers off Newcastle in about five kilometers of water. The largest is 1.5 kilometers across the rim and rises 700 meters from the seafloor." Since discovering these extinct volcanoes, researchers had questioned how long ago the volcanoes formed and when they started to erupt. In conclusion, there is not much activity for volcanic threats (shown below) in the UK/England. Long ago in history, several volcanic incidents have occurred that now underly the UK/Englands surfaces/mountain ranges.
Sources: https://www.countryfile.com/go-outdoors/historic-places/britains-most-amazing-extinct-volcanoes/#:~:text=It%20has%20been%20around%2060,Britain's%20most%20impressive%20extinct%20volcanoes.
https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/3207105/researchers-discover-a-series-of-giant-volcanoes-off-nsw-coast/
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/101586/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-10-Apr-2020-Klyuchevskoy-volcano-Popocatepetl-Krakatau-Merapi-Seme.html
That is so cool that you have dormant volcanoes, and there is one 250 Kilometers from Newcastle.
ReplyDeleteGreat research! I do remember though when the Icelandic volcano erupted in 2010 the whole W Europe got paralyzed by ash for months!!!
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_eruptions_of_Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull