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Submerged Volcano (DB181)

DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.

RDF: db181.ttl

Name

SubmergedVolcano

Kind

FeatureType

Definition

An underwater hill or mountain situated over an opening or openings in the Earth's crust through which lava, steam, and/or gases, are or have been expelled.

Description

Underwater volcanoes that have grown to the point of emerging above the water surface are usually collected as Feature: Volcano, or as Feature: Volcano within the perimeter of a Feature: Island.

Accepted

2013-10-18

Geometry

point, multipoint, curve, multicurve, surface, multisurface, solid, multisolid

Subtype of

ZI028 Feature Entity

Attributes

• LRE Last Recorded Eruption Date — multiplicity 0..1; datatype CharacterStringMeta
• VOA Volcanic Activity — multiplicity 0..1; datatype SubmergedVolcano_volcanicActivityMeta; values: VOA_1 Active, VOA_2 Dormant, VOA_3 Inactive or Extinct
• FOE Volcanic Eruption Frequency — multiplicity 0..1; datatype IntegerMeta

Associations

• SubmergedVolcanoHydroVertPosInfo → ZI025 Hydrographic Vertical Positioning Information (0..1)

RWOI terms naming it

• RWO_03628 Submerged Volcano

Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.