Mount Asphyxia

Mount Asphyxia, also known as Mount Curry,[2] is a prominent volcanic cone reaching to 550 metres (1,800 ft), forming the summit of Zavodovski Island, northernmost of the South Sandwich Islands.[3]

Mount Asphyxia
Mount Curry
Highest point
Elevation551 m (1,808 ft)
Coordinates56°18′S 27°34′W [1]
Geography
Mount Asphyxia
Zavodovski Island,
South Sandwich Islands,
United Kingdom
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Last eruption2016

Description

One of the names of the volcano refers to the suffocating fumes experienced on the island; volcanic fumes spew from the mountain and to this is added the stench of penguin guano. The fumes can indeed suffocate a visitor to the island.[4] These qualities have given names to a number of Zavodovski Island's other features.[5]

The volcano erupted in March 2016; by July, between one third and one half of the island was covered in ash, putting the penguin colonies at risk.[6]

See also

References
  1. Google Earth
  2. Siebert L, Simkin T (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3.
  3.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Mount Asphyxia". (content from the Geographic Names Information System) 
  4. Erupting volcanos are threatening one of the world's largest penguin colonies
  5. "Stench Point". Mapcarta. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  6. "Penguins on world's smelliest island in danger as volcano erupts, covering them in ash". Telegraph. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
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