Geothermal Data for Dominica
GEOTHERMAL ANOMALIES OF DOMINICA
dominica-geothermalTemperature measurements of hot springs on Dominica
Unpublished data of Smith and Kirkley (2004) Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, San Bernardino, California, USA 92407
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Name
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Center
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Latitude (N)
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Longitude (W)
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Date
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Temperature
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1
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Penville cold soufriere, *
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Morne aux Diables
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15˚37’9.7″
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61˚26’23.6″
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02/11/04
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27˚
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2
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Hot water (now covered), Toucari
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Morne aux Diables
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15˚36’39.2″
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62˚27’52.0″
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06/25/03
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ND
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3
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Submarine hot spring, Prince Rupert Bay, (known locally as Longhouse Vent off government jetty) |
Morne aux Diables
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15˚33’46.6″
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61˚27’53.0″
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02/09/04
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ND
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4
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Submarine hot spring area, Prince Rupert Bay
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Morne aux Diables
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15˚33’46.0″-15˚33’20.9″
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61˚27’48.0″-61˚27’53.2″
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02/09/04
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ND
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5
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Gloshow spring
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Morne aux Diables
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15˚33’42.4″
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61˚27’04.2″
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06/25/03
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48˚
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6
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Hot spring, near mouth of Picard River
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Morne aux Diables
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15˚33’39.8″
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61˚27’32.8″
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02/09/04
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101˚
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7
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Balvin hot spring
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Morne aux Diables
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15˚33’28.1″
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61˚27’06.2″
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02/06/04 06/25/03 |
94.1˚ 88˚ |
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8
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Area of hot ground that forms conspicuous steam cloud after rainfall
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Morne aux Diables
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15˚33’23.0″
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61˚27’15.8″
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Seen on 02/09/04
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ND
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9
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Submarine hot spring, Prince Rupert Bay (known locally as Black Coral Vent off Coconut Beach hotel)
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Morne aux Diables
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15˚33’10.9″
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61˚28’07.8″
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02/09/04
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ND
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10
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Manies sulfur spring
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Morne aux Diables
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15˚33’04.1″
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61˚27’19.4″
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06/25/03
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56˚ (in excavated pool)
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11
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Submarine hot spring, off Morne Espaniol
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Morne aux Diables
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ND
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12
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Springfield warm spring
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15˚26’06.6″
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61˚26’17.2″
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ND
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13
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Warm spring Layou River
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Morne Trois Pitons
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15˚20’49.0″
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61˚21’56.9″
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02/11/04
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28˚
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14
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Trafalgar hot springs
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Wotten Waven
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Approximately 15˚19’37.2“
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Approximately 61˚20’12.7″
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ND
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15
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Small geyser*
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Wotten Waven
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15˚19’11.0″
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61˚20’29.2″
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02/14/04 06/22/03 |
88˚ 80˚ |
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16
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Hot Pool*
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Wotten Waven
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15˚19’11.0″ |
61˚20’29.2″
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6/22/03
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70˚
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17
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Hot ground (20cm depth)
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Wotten Waven
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15˚19’11.0″
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61˚20’29.2″
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02/14/04 06/22/03 |
102˚ 102˚ |
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18
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Bamboo Shower*
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Wotten Waven
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15˚19’06.7″
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61˚20’25.8″
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6/22/03
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(cold) 27˚ (hot) 45˚ |
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19
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Geyser in small cave, River Blanc
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Wotten Waven
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15˚19’06.3″
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61˚20’21.3″
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02/08/04 02/02/04 06/22/03 |
93˚ 91.2˚ 86˚ |
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20
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Ti Kwen GloCho
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Wotten Waven
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15˚18’56.8″
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61˚20’12.0″
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ND
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21
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Upper Eastern Hot Spring
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Valley of Desolation
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15˚19’7.4″
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61˚17’48.7″
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See Lindsay et al., 2004
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22
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Boiling Lake
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Valley of Desolation
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15˚19’7.2″
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61˚17’41.0″
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See Lindsay et al., 2004
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23
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Lower Eastern Hot Spring
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Valley of Desolation
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15˚18’57.8″
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61˚17’43.5″
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See Lindsay et al., 2004
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24
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Bubbling Pool 1
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Valley of Desolation
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15˚18’51.8″
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61˚18’4.5″
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See Lindsay et al., 2004
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25
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Bubbling Pool 2
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Valley of Desolation
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15˚18’49.2″
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61˚17’5.2″
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See Lindsay et al., 2004
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26
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Champagne Pool*
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Plat Pays
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15˚14’41.9″
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61˚22’22.8″
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02/04/04
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73.8˚
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27
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Museum Pool, Sulfur Springs*
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Plat Pays
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15˚18’06.9″
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61˚20’59.5″
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02/13/04 06/19/03 |
34˚ 31˚ |
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28
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Upper Sulfur Springs, bubbling pool*
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Plat Pays
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15˚14’35.3″
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61˚20’50.9″
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02/13/04 06/19/03 |
106˚ 101˚ |
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29
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Upper Sulfur Springs, fumerole
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Plat Pays
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15˚14’35.3″
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61˚20’50.9″
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02/13/04 06/19/03 |
106˚ 106˚ |
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30
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Soufriere Shore, in front of church
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Plat Pays
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15˚13’58.8″
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61˚21’42.9″
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02/08/04
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65˚
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31
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Galion, hot ground
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Plat Pays
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15˚13’26.0″
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61˚21’31.0
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See Lindsay et al., 2004
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32
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Galion, fumerole*
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Plat Pays
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15˚13’11.4″
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61˚21’20.7″
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06/23/03
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105˚
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*See also Lindsay et al., 2004 for additional data (Lindsay, J.M., Smith, A.L., Roobol, M.J., and Stasiuk, M.V., 2004, Dominica: Volcanic Hazard Atlas of the Lesser Antilles, in press).
ND No data
Latitude and Longitude from GPS measurements except those in italics which are from topographic map.