Io's Plumes
Voyager Images
Volcanic Eruptions on Io Io with Loki Plume on Bright Limb Eruption of Pele Jupiter's moon Io
Volcanic explosion on Io Io Io Io - crescent with plumes
Hubble Space Telescope Images
Sulfur Gas in Pele's Plume Hubble Clicks Images of Io Sweeping Across Jupiter Hubble Captures Volcanic Eruption Plume From Io
Galileo Images
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Cassini
Artwork
The Role of Sulfur in Io's Volcanoes sciam2_thmb.jpg (2863 bytes)

Known Plumes of Io
Volcano Location Height Detected by Type
Pele 18 S, 256 W 300-460 Voyager (3/79), HST (7/95, 7/96, 10/99), Galileo (12/96) Pele-type
Prometheus 2 S, 152 W (VGR)
2 S, 154 W (GLL)		 50-100 Voyager (3/79, 7/79), Galileo (all observations 6/96-10/99)  Prometheus-type
Culann 20 S, 160 W 0-50 Galileo (6/96, 9/96, 5/98) Pele-type
Marduk 27 S, 210 W 50-100 Voyager (3/79, 7/79), Galileo (2/97, 5/97, 11/97) Marduk-type
Amirani 29 N, 114 W (VGR)
24 N, 114 W (GLL)		 50-100 Voyager (3/79, 7/79), Galileo (12/96, 5/97, 5/98) Prometheus-type
Amirani (Maui flow front) 19 N, 122 W 50-150 Voyager (3/79, 7/79) Prometheus-type
Masubi 44 S, 55 W 50-100 Voyager (3/79, 7/79), Galileo (7/99, 8/99) Prometheus-type
Volund 23 N, 177 W 50-100 Voyager (3/79, 7/79) Prometheus-type
Loki-W 19 N, 305 W 150-400 Voyager (3/79, 7/79) Unique
Loki-E 17 N, 301 W 20-150 Voyager (3/79, 7/79) Unique
Zamama 18 N, 173 W 50-100 Galileo (6/96, 5/97, 11/97, 3/98, 5/98, 10/99?) Prometheus-type
Pillan 12 S, 244 W 100-150 HST (7/97), Galileo (6/97, 9/97) Prometheus-type
Kanehekili 17 S, 36 W 50-100 Galileo (5/97) Prometheus-type
Ra 8 S, 325 W 50-100 Galileo (6/96, 12/96) Prometheus-type
Acala 11 N, 334 W 300-800 Galileo (4/97, 5/97, 6/97, 9/97, 5/98) Stealth?
Tvashtar 63 N, 120 W 350-400 Cassini (12/00, 1/01), Galileo (12/00) Pele-type

Plume Deposits (unless noted above)
Volcano Location First Seen Notes
Surt 46 N, 338 W Voyager (7/79) Pele-type deposit
Aten 48 S, 311 W Voyager (7/79) Pele-type deposit
W. Karei 5 N, 25 W Galileo (9/97) Oval deposits
Masubi 50 S, 53 W Galileo (9/97) Pele-type deposit
Zamama 19 N, 176 W Galileo (9/96) Marduk-type deposit
Prometheus 2 S, 152 W Galileo (9/96) Marduk-type deposit
Arinna 32 N, 147 W Voyager (3/79) Marduk-type deposit
Malik 35 S, 128 W Galileo (9/96) Marduk-type deposit
S. Amrirani 18 N, 117 W Galileo (9/96) Marduk-type deposit
Tupan 18 S, 141 W Galileo (9/96) Marduk-type
Euboea 45 S, 352 W Galileo (6/96) Pele-type deposit
Kami-Nari 8 S, 234 W Galileo (7/99) Pillan-like deposit
Ra 8 S, 325 W HST (3/95) Bright White deposit
Isum 29 N, 209 W Galileo (9/96) Marduk-type deposit
Altijirra 34 S, 108 W Galileo (12/96) Prometheus-type deposit
Lei-Zi 14 N, 45 W Galileo (6/97) Deposit seen
Namarrkun 10 N, 178 W Voyager (3/79) Possible deposit seen