The Santa Margarida Volcano () is an extinct

volcano A volcano is commonly defined as a vent or fissure 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 oft ...

in the

comarca A ''comarca'' (, , , ) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain, and some of their former colonies, like Brazil, Nicaragua, and Panama. The term is derived from the term ''marca'', meaning a "march, mark ...

Garrotxa Garrotxa () is a comarca (county) in the Girona region, Catalonia, Spain. Its population in 2016 was 55,999, more than half of them in the capital city of Olot. It is roughly equivalent to the historical County of Besalú. Geography Garrotx ...

Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

. The volcano has a

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of 2 kilometers and a height of 682 meters and is part of the

Zona Volcànica de la Garrotxa Natural Park The Zona Volcànica de la Garrotxa Natural Park ( Catalan: ') is a natural park area covering a Holocene volcanic field (also known as the Garrotxa volcanic field or Olot volcanic field) in Catalonia, northeastern Spain. The volcanoes, of which ...

. 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 The Catalan earthquake of 2 February 1428, known in Catalan as the ' because it took place during Candlemas, struck the Principality of Catalonia, especially Roussillon, with an epicentre near Camprodon. The earthquake was one of a series of rel ...

and rebuilt in 1865.

Geology

A study published in 2011 at the

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research ''Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research'' is a scientific journal that publishes recent research on the fields of volcanology and geothermal activity, as well as the societal and environmental impact of these phenomenon. Abstracting and ...

indicated that the Santa Margarida and

Croscat The Croscat () is a volcano in the comarca of Garrotxa, Catalonia, Spain. It is both the youngest and highest volcano in the Iberian Peninsula, with the last eruption dated back to about 14,000 years Before Present. The volcanic cone has a horsesh ...

volcanoes were the product of the same eruption event 11,500 years ago, alternating freatomagmatic activity, between water and

magma Magma () is the molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks are formed. Magma (sometimes colloquially but incorrectly referred to as ''lava'') is found beneath the surface of the Earth, and evidence of magmatism has also ...

, and

tic activity.

Gallery

File:Santa Margarida (Garrotxa).jpg, The hermitage of Santa Margarida in the crater of the volcano.

References

External links

{{commons category, Santa Margarida Volcano
Official WebsiteOlot Volcanic Field - Global Volcanism Program
Garrotxa Mountains of Catalonia Volcanoes of the Mediterranean Sea Volcanoes of Catalonia Geography of the Province of Girona

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