Wolf Volcano

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Wolf Volcano is the highest and one of the most remote active volcanoes in the Galápagos Islands, known for its steep shield structure and unique wildlife habitats.

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Wolf Volcano canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf active volcano ⓘ
shield volcano ⓘ
stratovolcano-like shield volcano ⓘ
accessibility remote and difficult to access ⓘ
age Pleistocene to Holocene ⓘ
calderaDiameter approximately 6–7 km ⓘ
conservationStatusOfArea protected area within Galápagos National Park ⓘ
country Ecuador ⓘ
elevation 1707 m ⓘ
5600 ft ⓘ
eruptionImpact_2015 threatened but did not devastate pink iguana habitat ⓘ
eruptionStartDate_2015 2015-05-25 ⓘ
eruptionStyle Strombolian activity ⓘ
effusive eruptions ⓘ
fissure eruptions ⓘ
eruptionType_2015 fissure eruption on southeastern flank ⓘ
hasCaldera true ⓘ
hasMorphology steep-sided shield ⓘ
hasVolcanoType shield volcano ⓘ
hasWildlifeHabitat Galápagos giant tortoise habitat ⓘ
Galápagos pink land iguana habitat ⓘ
seabird nesting areas ⓘ
highestPointOf Galápagos Islands ⓘ
highestVolcanoOf Galápagos Islands ⓘ
hostsSpecies Chelonoidis becki population ⓘ
Conolophus marthae ⓘ
linked to: Conolophus

Darwin’s finches ⓘ
linked to: Galápagos finches
humanSettlement no permanent settlements on its slopes ⓘ
lastEruption 2022 ⓘ
lavaFlowDirection_2015 toward the sea on the east and southeast flanks ⓘ
locatedIn Ecuador ⓘ
Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Isabela Island ⓘ
monitoringAgency Galápagos National Park Directorate ⓘ
Instituto Geofísico de la Escuela Politécnica Nacional ⓘ
mountainRange Galápagos hotspot volcanic chain ⓘ
linked to: Galápagos hotspot
namedAfter Theodor Wolf ⓘ
neighboringVolcano Alcedo Volcano ⓘ
Darwin Volcano ⓘ
linked to: Alcedo Volcano
notableFeature highest summit in the Galápagos archipelago ⓘ
steep shield profile compared to other Galápagos shields ⓘ
unique high-elevation ecosystems ⓘ
partOf Galápagos archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Galápagos Islands

Nazca Plate ⓘ
previousEruption 1963 ⓘ
1982 ⓘ
2015 ⓘ
rockType tholeiitic basalt ⓘ
summitShape elliptical caldera ⓘ
tectonicSetting intraplate hotspot ⓘ
Theodor Wolf German geologist and explorer of the Galápagos ⓘ
volcanicField northern Isabela volcanoes ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Isabela Island → hasVolcano → Wolf Volcano ⓘ
Isabela Island → highestPoint → Wolf Volcano ⓘ
Cerro Azul Volcano → isOnSameIslandAs → Wolf Volcano ⓘ
Wolf–Darwin Lineament → hasPart → Wolf Volcano ⓘ
Wolf–Darwin Lineament → namedAfter → Wolf Volcano ⓘ