Mount Asphyxia

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Mount Asphyxia is an active volcanic peak that dominates remote Zavodovski Island in the South Sandwich Islands of the southern Atlantic Ocean.

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Mount Asphyxia canonical 1

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Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ
volcano ⓘ
administrativeTerritory British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ⓘ
climate cold oceanic ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
discoveredBy Russian expedition of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen ⓘ
discoveryYear 1819 ⓘ
dominates Zavodovski Island ⓘ
elevation 551 metres ⓘ
about 1808 feet ⓘ
eruptionStyle Strombolian ⓘ
geologicalSetting subduction-related volcanic arc ⓘ
hasActivity active ⓘ
hasAlternateName Mount Curry ⓘ
hasFeature ash deposits ⓘ
central summit crater ⓘ
lava flows ⓘ
hasNearbyColony large chinstrap penguin colony on Zavodovski Island ⓘ
hazard gas emissions ⓘ
lava flows ⓘ
volcanic ash emissions ⓘ
islandTypeContext uninhabited island ⓘ
lastEruption 2016 ⓘ
locatedIn South Sandwich Islands ⓘ
Zavodovski Island ⓘ
southern Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: South Atlantic
monitoring remote sensing observations ⓘ
namedAfter British sealer Captain James P. Curry ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody Scotia Sea ⓘ
partOf South Sandwich Islands volcanic arc ⓘ
plateTectonicContext South American Plate–Scotia Plate boundary ⓘ
region sub-Antarctic ⓘ
surroundedBy steep coastal cliffs ⓘ

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Zavodovski Island → alsoKnownAs → Mount Asphyxia ⓘ