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Grenada’s Amazing Mountains & Volcanoes (Includes Map) by Ralf Stefan. Grenada is a volcanic island, and as a result, much of its terrain is mountainous, comprised of true mountains (those peaks exceeding a thousand feet) and many smaller hills. The resulting volcanic soil is what creates the lush tropical jungles present on the island.
Kick 'em Jenny is an active submarine volcano in the Grenadines island chain, about five miles north of the island of Grenada. It rises to a height of about 4,300 feet above the surrounding seafloor. Its summit is about 600 feet below sea level. Kick 'em Jenny is one of the most active volcanoes in the eastern Caribbean and the only known ...
- 12.18 o N, 61.38 o W
- Caribbean Sea
- 183 m (600 ft) below sea level
- Submarine
The first record of the volcano was in 1939, [6] although it must have erupted many times before that date. On 23–24 July 1939 an eruption broke the sea surface, sending a cloud of steam and debris 275 m (902 ft) into the air and generating a series of tsunamis around two metres (6.6 ft) high when they reached the coastlines of northern Grenada and the southern Grenadines.
Dec 12, 2021 · Submarine volcano -185 m / - 607 ft. West Indies, Grenada, 12.3°N / -61.64°W. Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5) Last update: 12 Dec 2021 (Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report) Kick 'em Jenny, a historically active submarine volcano 8 km off the north shore of Grenada, rises 1300 m from the sea floor. 50 km.
Kick-’em-Jenny, located approximately 8 km north of Grenada (12.18°N, 61.38°W), is the only known ‘live’ submarine volcano in the Eastern Caribbean. This location is in the southern part of the Grenadine Islands, which are themselves in the southern region of the Lesser Antilles island arc. It is the most frequently active volcano in ...
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. Alkaline, magnesium rich basaltic rocks are common from the Pliocene ...
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A Sonar image shows the submarine Kick-'em-Jenny cone from the NE in 1996. Depths are nominally meters but have an uncertainty of about 10%. This image shows the upper several hundred meters of the submarine volcano that lies 8 km off the north shore of Grenada and rises 1300 m from the sea floor.
