[1][2] Before the present Holocene epoch, the criteria are less strict because of scarce data availability, partly since later eruptions have destroyed the evidence.In addition to the events listed below, there are many examples of eruptions in the Holocene on the Kamchatka Peninsula,[3] which are described in a supplemental table by Peter Ward.The global dimming through volcanism (ash aerosol and sulfur dioxide) is quite independent of the eruption VEI.[109] Bipolar comparison showed six sulfate events: Tambora (1815), Cosigüina (1835), Krakatoa (1883), Agung (1963), and El Chichón (1982), and the 1808 mystery eruption.[110] And the atmospheric transmission of direct solar radiation data from the Mauna Loa Observatory (MLO), Hawaii (19°32'N) detected only five eruptions:[111]
The final eruptions in the creation of
Banks Peninsula
in New Zealand occurred about 9 million years ago.
A major eruption of
Gran Canaria
took place around 14 million years ago.
Distribution of selected hotspots. The numbers in the figure are related to the listed hotspots on
Hotspot (geology)
.