Grenada is an island formed by volcanic activity approximately 1-2 million years ago. It is said that the island is completely made of dozens of volcanoes through volcanic activity over a period of time throughout Grenada's formation in history. Ever since then, most of these volcanoes are now extinct except for two underwater submarine volcanoes
Kick 'em Jenny
Kick 'em Jenny (also: Kick-'em-Jenny or Mt. Kick-'Em-Jenny) is an active submarine volcano or seamount on the Caribbean Sea floor, located north of the island of Grenada and about west of Ronde Island in the Grenadines. Kick-'em-Jenny rises a ...
and
Kick 'em Jack
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(a smaller less known underwater submarine volcano.) As of today, most of these extinct volcanoes have now become volcano crater lakes and mountains such as
Grand Etang Lake or
Lake Antoine, Grenada
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and
Mount Saint Catherine (Grenada) Mount Saint Catherine
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.
This is a list of active and extinct
volcano
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On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates are ...
es in
Grenada
Grenada ( ; Grenadian Creole French: ) is an island country in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself, two smaller islands, Carriacou and Pe ...
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Kick 'em Jenny
Kick 'em Jenny (also: Kick-'em-Jenny or Mt. Kick-'Em-Jenny) is an active submarine volcano or seamount on the Caribbean Sea floor, located north of the island of Grenada and about west of Ronde Island in the Grenadines. Kick-'em-Jenny rises a ...
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Mount Saint Catherine , , 840 , , 2,756 , , , , Approximately 1-2 million years ago
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Grand Etang Lake , , 530 , , 1,740 , , , , Approximately 2 million years ago
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Lake Antoine, Grenada
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, , unknown , , unknown , , {{coord, 12.300, N, 61.640, W, type:mountain_region:GD , , Approximately 2 million years ago
References
Global Volcanism Program: Volcanoes of the West Indies
Grenada
Grenada ( ; Grenadian Creole French: ) is an island country in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself, two smaller islands, Carriacou and Pe ...
Volcanoes
A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates are ...