Barren Island, a volcano in the Andaman Sea, 12° 15' N. lat.; 93° 54' E. long. Its diameter is about 2 miles, with submarine slopes plunging rapidly to a depth of more than 800 fathoms. There is an ancient crater over a mile in diameter, from the centre of which a newer cone rises to a height of 1015 feet. The volcano was active in 1789 and 1803, but is now dormant.
Barren Island
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 757
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