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And quite surprisingly, it is on Visual Stories Right arrow. Travel Beautiful getaways in South India that you can visit in December. Travel Offbeat places in India to take your last trip of Travel New Year holidays: 10 international destinations open to Indians. Join Us On Facebook Close. Poll of the day Which is the oldest Ratha Yatra in the world? Vote Now. Comments 0. Be the first one to comment. On the west side of the island is a caldera formed by an explosive eruption in the Pleistocene era.

Two kilometers wide, the caldera takes up the bulk of this tiny island that measures only 3 kilometers across. In this image, smoke blows from the volcano eastward over the Andaman Sea toward a bank of clouds.

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The plumes on that day were light gray to gray, and rose to around m. The NE portion of the island was covered with ash figure Eruptions in January-March and September January produce ash plumes, lava fountaining, and lava flows. Barren Island is a remote volcano east of India in the Andaman islands. Recent intermittent eruptions observed since have consisted of explosions, ash plumes, and lava flows. This report summarizes activity from January through January and is based on satellite data and observations.

Two main periods of eruptive activity are apparent figure 29 : the first in January-March , and the second in September January There are intermittent low-energy anomalies detected by MIROVA between these two periods but there are no indications of thermal anomalies in other datasets.

The anomalies with greater thermal energy in September-October correspond to lava flows on different flanks of the cone, as shown in Sentinel-2 thermal and visible satellite data figures 32 and From November through January there were intermittent thermal signatures and gas plumes from the crater visible in Sentinel-2 images.

The new eruption was first observed on 23 January , when a research cruise was working nearby. They witnessed explosions that produced incandescent material and small ash plumes figure 34 with the episodes lasting five to ten minutes.

The team noted ash plumes during the day and incandescent material being ejected onto the slopes at night. They observed four hours of activity before leaving the area.

The Indian Coast Guard also witnessed the eruption before 25 February, capturing a night-vision video of an explosion that produced an ash plume and ejected incandescent blocks above the crater that impacted the flanks of the volcano figure An overflight on 23 February was undertaken to assess the volcanic activity after several reports of activity over the previous days.

They observed intermittent explosions ejecting incandescent material and small ash plumes figure Activity consisted of ash plumes that rose a few hundred meters above the crater and the ejection of incandescent material every minutes, with blocks and bombs rolling down the flanks of the cone. Later in the month, an ash plume was observed on 24 March figure Along with the lack of activity detected in satellite data, there were no reports of activity after 24 March until September While the first indications of a new eruptive in thermal data is on 24 September, the first observations on the 18 and 19 October show lava fountaining at the summit and a lava flow on the flank figures 38, 39, and These images coincide with Sentinel-2 thermal data showing a lava flow on the SSW flank.

A video taken on 27 October shows explosions ejecting incandescent material and small plumes. Darwin VAAC advisories noted ash plumes to about 0. Reference: Ray, D. Early activity of the Barren Island volcano: facts versus hype. Current Science, 9 : Thermal anomalies and small ash plumes during February-April and September January Barren Island is a remote stratovolcano located east of India in the Andaman Islands.

Its most recent eruptive episode began in September and has included lava flows, explosions, ash plumes, and lava fountaining BGVN This report updates information from February through January using various satellite data as a primary source of information.

There was a period of relatively low to no discernible activity between May to September Sentinel-2 thermal satellite imagery shows these thermal hotspots differing in strength from late February to late January figure The thermal anomalies in these satellite images are occasionally accompanied by ash plumes 25 February , 23 October , and 21 January and gas-and-steam emissions 26 April The maximum altitude of the ash plume occurred on 7 March, rising 1. Barren Island is a remote island east of India in the Andaman Islands.

Its most recent eruptive period began in September with volcanism characterized by thermal anomalies and small ash plumes BGVN This report updates information from February through July using various satellite data as a primary source of information.

The frequency of the thermal anomalies decreased during mid-May with only six detected between June and July Sentinel-2 thermal satellite imagery showed weak thermal hotspots in the summit crater on 5 and 10 February, and 5 April figure Intermittent gas-and-steam emissions were also observed in Sentinel-2 satellite imagery on days with little to no cloud coverage.

A small ash plume was observed in Sentinel-2 satellite imagery drifting NW on 24 June; there was no thermal anomaly detected that day figure It is the emergent summit of a volcano that rises from a depth of about m. The caldera, which is open to the sea on the west, was created during a major explosive eruption in the late Pleistocene that produced pyroclastic-flow and -surge deposits.

Historical eruptions have changed the morphology of the pyroclastic cone in the center of the caldera, and lava flows that fill much of the caldera floor have reached the sea along the western coast. The following references have all been used during the compilation of data for this volcano, it is not a comprehensive bibliography.

Major ash eruptions of Barren Island volcano Andaman Sea during the past 72 kyr: clues from a sediment core record. Bull Volcanol , Remote sensing for active volcano monitoring in Barren Island, India. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 59 8 , Buist G, Volcanoes in the Bay of Bengal.

The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal , v. Volcanic eruption of the Barren Island volcano, Andaman Sea. J Geol Soc India , Luhr J F, Haldar D, Barren Island volcano NE Indian Ocean : island-arc high-alumina basalts produced by troctolite contamination. Mallet F R, Some early allusions to Barren Island; with a few remarks thereon. Geol Surv India Mem , 28 1 : Neumann van Padang M, Raina V K, A note on sulfur occurrence in the volcanoes of Bay of Bengal.

Indian Minerals , Pictorial Monograph of the Barren Island Volcano. Kolkata: Geol Surv India, 87 p. The latest eruption of Barren Island volcano, and some thoughts on its hazards, logistics and geotourism aspects. Smithsonian Institution-GVN, Bull Global Volc Network , v The maps shown below have been scanned from the GVP map archives and include the volcano on this page. Clicking on the small images will load the full dpi map.

Very small-scale maps such as world maps are not included. The maps database originated over 30 years ago, but was only recently updated and connected to our main database. We welcome users to tell us if they see incorrect information or other problems with the maps; please use the Contact GVP link at the bottom of the page to send us email. Catalog number links will open a window with more information. Barren Island. Figure Pulses of activity in early November and late January-early February corresponded to increased thermal activity seen in satellite images.

A large thermal anomaly and small ash plume at Barren Island were captured in Sentinel-2 satellite images on 11 November In the left image the bright anomaly at the center of the cone was surrounded by a weaker anomaly suggesting incandescent ejecta on the flanks of the cone.

Image uses Atmospheric penetration rendering bands 12, 11, 8a. The ash emission immediately W of the summit crater is more visible in the Natural color rendering right, bands 4,3,2. Courtesy of Sentinel Hub Playground. A thermal anomaly at the summit and a discrete ash emission slightly W of the summit of Barren Island were captured in Sentinel-2 satellite imagery on 16 November Left image uses Atmospheric penetration rendering bands 12, 11, 8a and right image shows a closeup of the summit and ash plume in Natural color rendering bands 4, 3, 2.

Ash plumes and thermal anomalies at Barren Island were present in Sentinel-2 satellite images several times during January The left image from 15 January shows an ash plume drifting W from the summit using Natural color rendering bands 4, 3, 2. The right image shows a weak thermal anomaly at the summit on 25 January with an ash plume drifting S using Atmospheric penetration rendering bands 12, 11, and 8A.

Sentinel-2 satellite images showed thermal anomalies at Barren Island several times during February including on 4 left and 9 right February.

An ash emission drifted S from the summit on 9 February. Images use Atmospheric penetration rendering bands 12, 11, 8a. Source: Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre VAAC 15 March March Cite this Report According to a news article, a team of scientists that visited Barren Island around 12 March found that the volcano was still very active and the height of the volcanic cone had increased by 50 m since eruptive activity began in May Information is preliminary and subject to change.

All times are local unless otherwise noted May BGVN Cite this Report Explosions and lava flows from NE flank vent Reports of strong emissions of "thick smoke" on 30 April prompted a visit to the island on 16 May by geologists from the GSI [see additional information about the start of the eruption in ].

Figure 1. Geologic sketch map of Barren Island, by D. Haldar, T. Laskar, and J. Figure 2. Ash plume is blowing generally W towards the Andaman Islands. Courtesy of Cindy Evans.

Figure 3. Geologic sketch map of Barren Island showing lava flows and distribution of volcanic products from the and eruptions. Modified from Haldar and others ; courtesy of the GSI. Figure 4. Courtesy of D. Chandrasekharam and others.

Figure 5. Preliminary sketch map of Barren Island. Figure 6. Figure 7. Lava from the eruptions on Barren Island formed a tongue that reached the sea. Figure 8. Fumarolic deposit on top of the central cinder cone at Barren Island on 5 February Figure 9. Central cinder cone showing steep slopes at Barren Island on 5 February Photograph of Barren Island erupting on 28 May taken from a helicopter. The black lava in the foreground is of eruption.

A lava flow that did not reach the sea issues from a steaming flank vent. View is towards the ESE. Courtesy of the Indian Coast Guard. Photo taken on 21 July showing the Barren Island eruption continuing unabated. Lava cascaded down and into the sea along the island's W shore. It entered the sea at two points following the pre-existing lava routes of the and eruptions.

Photo taken 26 August showing Barren Island in Strombolian eruption. The main crater was active, and both explosive and effusive activity had shifted N.

Hot lava seen as incandescent strips was flowing down the slope of the cinder cone. As before, lava entered the sea at two points on the W shore. Courtesy of A. Vertical scale indicates the daily number of alert pixels detected n a specific thermal image, generally a reflection of the extent of hot lava flows. Anomalies are from both the Aqua and Terra satellites and were accessed for this report in early September Vertical scale indicates the daily number of alert pixels detected in a specific thermal image, generally a reflection of the extent of hot lava flows.

Taken from Sheth and others Map showing the location of Barren Island as part the S-trending volcanic arc extending between Burma Myanmar and Sumatra. White triangles are Holocene volcanoes Siebert, and others, A plume of ash rises from Barren Island on 25 September Dark, hardened lava flows cover the caldera floor, some extending to the ocean.

Green vegetation covers the caldera rim and the outer slopes. Breaking waves line the southern coastline in white. This remote, uninhabited volcanic island is not monitored directly, but the Indian Coast Guard, passing pilots, and satellites have observed lava flows and ash plumes periodically since Barren Island emitting a column of ash-laden vapor.

Bulletin editors noted two minor features: 1 dark spots to the left of the vent suggestive of local ash fall, and 2 small plumes near the ground surface, which appear similar to those discussed in the Fuego report this issue, BGVN Taken from GSI Lava flow emplaced between Jan From GSI A photo of Barren Island emitting a dark ash plume from its main cone. The photo's metadata indicated that it was taken on 10 December Copyrighted photo by Paul Andrew Johnson and posted on Panoramio photo display website.

Location map for Barren Island seen on the digital version of the wall map "This Dynamic Planet" Simkin and others, The background image is from ER Mapper. The oceanic bathymetry and on-land topography translate for this gray-scale image, forming two independent series ranging from dark low to light high.

Thus, deep ocean and low land are dark, and shallow ocean and high land are light. White triangles with black borders represent Holocene volcanoes Siebert and Simkin, The Barren Island cone with a rising plume appears in the background behind a diving ship. According to Vismaya Firodia-Bakshi, the island was "smoking" all six times that the ship visited the islands between January and April Courtesy of Infiniti Live Aboard Barren Island released a plume that rose a few hundred meters high in April A previous plume can be seen at left drifting downwind.

A weak mid-June anomaly is followed by intermittent weak activity during late July through mid-March A strong period of thermal anomalies in March and April decreased in intensity but continued into early June Regular activity is evident from late February through mid-May After a gap of about two months, there are only infrequent anomalies through mid-January , after which another episode of frequent anomalies began.

Regular, low-moderate activity is evident beginning in late January through April , but it thereafter wanes. Two images from a video that illustrate the pulsating eruption at Barren Island on 14 May The top image shows the remains of an older plume above the island and a new plume just rising from the summit. The bottom image shows the ash plume rising to about m above the island. Photograph of an ash plume rising from the active vent at Barren Island on 31 May Ashfall can be seen covering the NE portion of the island.

Timeline summary of observed activity at Barren Island from January through January The grey bar indicates a time period where there were no indications of activity. There were no earlier alerts back to 1 January Sentinel-2 thermal images showing Barren Island with multiple lava flows that traveled in different directions on the flanks and elevated temperatures in the crater bright yellow-orange during September-November False color images bands 12, 11, 4 courtesy of Sentinel Hub Playground.

Sentinel-2 satellite images of Barren Island showing new lava flows that formed during September-October Sentinel-2 natural color images bands 4, 3, 2 courtesy of Sentinel Hub Playground.

Photos of activity at Barren Island ejecting incandescent material and ash plumes on 23 January An explosion at Barren Island ejecting incandescent blocks that impacted the flanks of the volcano and produced an ash plume. These images are screenshots of a night-vision video taken prior to 25 February Photograph of Barren Island from the W on 23 February showing a small ash plume. Courtesy of Jagdish Mukhi, Lt. Governor, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. An ash plume at Barren Island on 24 March Photo courtesy of Atmaram Deshpande.

Photos of lava fountaining at Barren Island on 18 October Courtesy of Sugendran. Barren Island ejecting incandescent material and producing a lava flow on 19 October Courtesy of Samrat Kalita.

Lava fountaining feeding a lava flow on Barren Island on 19 October Intermittent thermal anomalies at Barren Island for 20 February through January occurred dominantly between late March to late April and late September through January Timeline summary of observed activity at Barren Island from February through January White areas indicated no activity was observed, which may also be due to meteoric clouds.

Sentinel-2 thermal images show ash plumes, gas-and-steam emissions, and thermal anomalies bright yellow-orange at Barren Island during February January The strongest thermal signature was observed on 23 October while the weakest one is observed on 26 January. Sentinel-2 False color bands 12, 11, 4 images courtesy of Sentinel Hub Playground. The frequency of the anomalies decreased after mid-May.

Sentinel-2 thermal images show weak thermal anomalies bright yellow-orange at Barren Island on 5 February left and 5 April right Images with False color bands 12, 11, 4 rendering courtesy of Sentinel Hub Playground. Sentinel-2 satellite image showing a small ash plume rising from Barren Island and drifting NW on 24 June Image with Natural color bands 4, 3, 2 rendering courtesy of Sentinel Hub Playground.

References The following references have all been used during the compilation of data for this volcano, it is not a comprehensive bibliography. Eruptive History There is data available for 17 Holocene eruptive periods. Confirmed 2 Historical Observations May 26 Dec 23? Emission History There is data available for 1 emission periods. Expand each entry for additional details.

Photo Gallery An eruption in dramatically modified the morphology of the central scoria cone on the small Barren Island, one of the Andaman Islands, north of Sumatra. During the eruption the height of the cinder cone was reduced from to m, and the diameter of its crater increased from 60 to about m.

Two small scoria cones also formed in the lava field west of the main cone. Photo courtesy of D. Haldar, Geological Survey of India. Barren Island erupted for the first time in the 20th century in April Strombolian eruptions from the central cone produced ash plumes and incandescent ejecta, and a lava flow that is visible in the foreground and reached the W coast of the island. By the time of this 25 September photograph, all subsidiary vents had merged to form an enlarged summit crater.

Haldar, Geological Survey of India An ash plume in rises above Barren Island along the volcanic arc connecting north of Sumatra. The 3-km-wide island contains a 1. Lava flows reached the coast during several recent eruptions. Prior to the eruption, the central scoria cone in the crater of Barren Island was m high with a m-wide crater at its summit. The black lava flow in the foreground erupted during and extends from the base of the cone to the west coast.

This lava flow was the first known in historical time from Barren Island. Light-colored volcanic ash from the eruption mantles the surface of a lava flow from the same eruption, and the scoria cone in the center of the photo. The slopes of the central cone, the source of the ashfall, is the larger feature to the right.

The eruption, the first of the 20th century from Barren Island, included explosive activity from a vent on the upper NE flank and lava flows that reached the west coast of the island. Photo courtesy of V. Raina, Geological Survey of India. Incandescent ejecta and an ash plume from Strombolian eruptions that began in April are seen in this 16 May view of the scoria cone in the center of Barren Island. The eruption was the first from Barren Island in the 20th century.

Photo courtesy V. Raina, Geological Survey of India The lava delta extending across the photo formed during the eruption of Barren Island. The eruption was first noticed by the Indian Navy on 20 December Explosive activity was observed from satellite images and during visits from January to March and May Four vents were active from the summit to the S flank of the cone along a N-S south line. A new vent was observed on 11 May on the W flank of the cone that produced a lava flow.

Chandrasekharam and others, Indian Institute of Technology. The black lava flow in the foreground is from the eruption. A lava flow is being extruded from a flank vent below the white plume. Eruptions that began on 26 May occurred from the summit of the scoria cone as well as flank vents.

Lava flows later reached the W coast along the same path as flows from the and eruptions. Photo courtesy of Indian Coast Guard, A lava flow enters the sea along the W coast of Barren Island on 21 July The flow entered the sea at two points following the routes of the previous and lava flows.

A plume from the summit crater of the central scoria cone is visible to the upper right, along with an active lava channel descending the flanks. A view from off the west coast of Barren Island on 26 August shows a Strombolian eruption from the central scoria cone. The main crater was active and both explosive and effusive activity had shifted to the N.

Two incandescent lava flows are visible along the slopes of the scoria cone, and steam-and-gas plumes mark the entry point of the lava flows into the sea. Photo by A. Kar, Central Ground Water Board. GVMID should provide a snapshot and baseline view of the techniques and instrumentation that are in place at various volcanoes, which can be use by volcano observatories as reference to setup new monitoring system or improving networks at a specific volcano.

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