Santa Margarida Volcano

The Santa Margarida Volcano (Catalan: Volcà de Santa Margarida) is an extinct volcano in the comarca of Garrotxa, Catalonia, Spain. The volcano has a perimeter of 2 kilometers and a height of 682 meters and is part of the Zona Volcànica de la Garrotxa Natural Park. The hermitage of Santa Margarida, after which the volcano was named, is inside the crater of the volcano. The building was destroyed in 1428 during the 1428 Catalonia earthquake and rebuilt in 1865.^[1]

Santa Margarida Volcano
Aerial view of the Santa Margarida Volcano
Highest point
Elevation	682 m (2,238 ft)
Coordinates	42°8′29″N 2°32′30″E / 42.14139°N 2.54167°E / 42.14139; 2.54167
Geography
Santa Margarida Volcano Location in Catalonia
Location	Santa Pau, Garrotxa, Catalonia, Spain
Geology
Volcanic arc/belt	Garrotxa Volcanic Zone

Geology edit

A study published in 2011 at the Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research indicated that the Santa Margarida and Croscat volcanoes were the product of the same eruption event 11,500 years ago, alternating freatomagmatic activity, between water and magma, and magmatic activity.^[2]^[3]

^ Gran Geografia Comarcal de Catalunya. Enciclopèdia Catalana S.A. 1981. p. 344. ISBN 84-85194-13-6.
^ "Descubren que volcanes Croscat y Santa Margarida los formó la misma erupción" [They discover that the Croscat and Santa Margarida volcanoes were formed by the same eruption]. EFE (in Spanish). abc.es. 27 January 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
^ Martí, J.; Planagumà, L.; Geyer, A.; Canal, E.; Pedrazzi, D. (2011). "Complex interaction between Strombolian and phreatomagmatic eruptions in the Quaternary monogenetic volcanism of the Catalan Volcanic Zone (NE of Spain)". Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 201 (1–4): 178–193. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.12.009.