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Major volcanoes of Grenada. Grenada is an island formed by volcanic activity approximately 1-2 million years ago. It is said that the island is completely made of dozens of volcanoes through volcanic activity over a period of time throughout Grenada's formation in history.
The Mt. St. Catherine massif is the youngest of the five volcanoes on the island. [1] The volcano has a ~1.5-km horseshoe-shaped crater open to the east, where a complex of volcanic lava domes occur across its flanks and is monitored by the Seismic Research Center of the University of the West Indies.
The volcano was unknown before 1939, although "Kick 'em Jenny" appeared on earlier maps as either the name of a small island now called Diamond Rock (or Île Diamante), or the name of the strait between Grenada and Ronde Island (or Île de Ronde). The name itself may be a reference to the waters sometimes being extremely rough. [1] [5]
1.2 Grenada. 1.3 Guadeloupe. 1.4 Honduras (Bay Islands) 1.5 Martinique. 1.6 ... This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in the Caribbean, listed by country or ...
Grenada's landmass rises from a narrow, coastal plain in a generally north–south trending axis of ridges and narrow valleys. [1] Mount St. Catherine is the highest peak at 840 meters. [1] Although many of the rocks and soils are of volcanic origin, the volcanic cones dotting Grenada are long dormant. [1]
The geology of Grenada is part of the broader Volcanic Caribbees in the Lesser Antilles volcanic island arc. Rocks spanning much of the Cenozoic are exposed in the Grenadines Bank—a northeast-southwest trending shallow bank. Grenadite is common, especially in lower regions.
Grand Etang Lake is a crater lake in a volcano on the island of Grenada. The volcano, which is responsible for the formation of the island of Grenada, has been dormant for the last 12,000 years. The lake is represented on the coat of arms of Grenada.
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