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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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