[🇮🇳] Indian Volcano explosion

Swas · Sep 22, 2025

Barren Island: India's Lone Active Volcano Erupts Again | Science-Environment

Barren Island volcano, India's only active volcano, experienced minor eruptions on September 13 and 20. Situated 140 km from Port Blair, this uninhabited island is located between the Indian and Burmese tectonic plates. Historically, eruptions have been recorded here since 1787, with recent...

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Barren Island is only 90 kms East of the Andaman island. Sadly, monsoon has not completely withdrawn and there is a lot of moisture in the air. It'll not be visible from such distance. The volcano might be visible while flying from Kolkata to Port Blair from November onwards in my opinion, especially early morning.

Location of Barren Island

Egyptian · Sep 22, 2025

@Krishna with Flute

Bilal9 · Sep 22, 2025

Vsdoc · Sep 23, 2025

No one is allowed on this island. Indian Navy though does send patrols ashore once in a way to look around.

Vsdoc · Sep 23, 2025

"... the island was stark with gray sand and ash, not a trace of vegetation.
The temp was much higher than usual, the crater had wisps of smoke rising, we trekked across to the base.
Some went up to the top.
I have a piece of lava at home"

Swas · Sep 23, 2025

@Vsdoc Something is appeningn i the Andmans, even Narkondam volcano has shown activity in recent times.

I have never seen Barren Island but had the honour of flying around Narkondam in 2007-08. I was the pilot of a mission conducted by geological survey of India. Narkondam had multiple minor explosions in 2005 & 2006 after the 2004 Tsunami. Narkondam is further east from barren island and well clear of th population.

Explosion in barren island can cause ash deposits in Andaman islands.

Vsdoc · Sep 23, 2025

Swas said:
@Vsdoc Something is appeningn i the Andmans, even Narkondam volcano has shown activity in recent times.

I have never seen Barren Island but had the honour of flying around Narkondam in 2007-08. I was the pilot of a mission conducted by geological survey of India. Narkondam had multiple minor explosions in 2005 & 2006 after the 2004 Tsunami. Narkondam is further east from barren island and well clear of th population.

Explosion in barren island can cause ash deposits in Andaman islands.

Thanks for that share.

Speaking of late 2004, and the tsunami.

I was a biker, between assignments, taking a sabbatical in my professional life at the time.

Riding my Bullet 500 across India. As you know, there was no Golden Quadrilateral then. Work was going on all over the place.

I was racing along the east coast (Chennai to Tadepalligudem to Bhubaneswar) on the same path that was to be destroyed a month(?!) later.

Vsdoc · Sep 23, 2025

8300 km.

14 states.

13 riding days.

Winter of 2004.

Vsdoc · Sep 23, 2025

Swas · Sep 23, 2025

Vsdoc said:
Thanks for that share.

Speaking of late 2004, and the tsunami.

I was a biker, between assignments, taking a sabbatical in my professional life at the time.

Riding my Bullet 500 across India. As you know, there was no Golden Quadrilateral then. Work was going on all over the place.

I was racing along the east coast (Chennai to Tadepalligudem to Bhubaneswar) on the same path that was to be destroyed a month(?!) later.