Aegina
Hellenic Volcanic Arc, Greece. This page separates the permanent volcano catalogue, historical eruption records, and selective weekly activity reports.
- Coordinates
- 37.75° N, 23.50° E
- Elevation
- 530 m
- Last recorded eruption
- Not supplied
- Historical eruption records
- 0
- Primary type
- Volcanic field
- Evidence
- Not supplied
- GVP database
- 5.4.0
- Catalogue revision
- Revision 1
Volcano profile
- Volcanic landform
- Cluster
- Tectonic setting
- Not supplied
- Geologic epoch
- Pleistocene
- Major rock type
- Not supplied
- Region
- European Volcanic Regions
- Subregion
- Hellenic Volcanic Arc
Geological summary
Aegina is part of the Saronic Gulf Volcanic Group, in the Hellenic Volcanic Arc. The complex consists of domes and lava flows erupted from effusive monogenetic centers with low eruption rates (0.4 km3/m.y. at Aegina) (D'Alessandro et al., 2008). Activity took place between 4.7 and 2.0 Ma, during the first part of which mostly basaltic-andesitic to rhyodacitic rocks were produced. The remaining 1 million years of activity produced basaltic-andesitic rocks (D'Alessandro et al., 2008; Francalanci et al., 2007). Volcanism ended in the late Pleistocene, but a low-temperature geothermal field presently exists (Keller, 1971; Francalanci et al., 2007).
Separate activity dataset
Weekly volcanic activity reports
Smithsonian/USGS weekly reports are selective and preliminary. They are not a comprehensive list of all eruptions or volcanic activity.
No weekly report appears on this page. Absence from the weekly report does not establish an absence of volcanic activity.
Historical catalogue records
Eruption history
Dates can be approximate, incomplete, or BCE. These are historical catalogue observations, not a statement about present activity.
No historical eruption records appear on this page.
Source and attribution
Source: Data: Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program, Volcanoes of the World.
View the original Smithsonian GVP recordGlobal Volcanism Program, 2026. Volcanoes of the World 5.4.0.
The GVP database is scientific documentation that changes as evidence is reviewed. Historical dates may be approximate or uncertain. This platform is not an official emergency-warning service. This entry is from GVP's preliminary Pleistocene volcano list and may be revised.
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- Source updated
- Not supplied
- Retrieved
- 11 Oct 2026, 13:07 UTC
- GVP database version
- 5.4.0
- Catalogue revision
- 1
Source-update and retrieval times describe this catalogue record. Each weekly report carries its own publication date and preliminary status.