Hi, I want to know when the volcano and also the Island Pico in the Azores had its latest eruption.

rocky Johan Cedergren

Dear Johan,

The last confirmed eruption of Pico was in 1720. There is a suspected (unconfirmed) eruption in 1963 off the northwest coast of the island.

Steve Mattox, University of North Dakota

Source of information:

Simkin, T., and Siebert, L., 1994, Volcanoes of the world: Geoscience Press, Tucson, Arizona, 349 p. 

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