South Sandwich volcanic arc

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/South_Sandwich_volcanic_arc
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:volcanic_activity
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Mount_Belinda
gptkb:Mount_Michael
gptkb:Candlemas_Island_volcano
gptkb:Saunders_Island_volcano
gptkb:Bristol_Island_volcano
gptkb:Zavodovski_Island_volcano
Bellingshausen Island volcano
Leskov Island volcano
Vindication Island volcano
Visokoi Island volcano
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:discoveredBy James Cook
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1775
gptkbp:formedBy subduction of South American Plate beneath Scotia Plate
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:British_Overseas_Territory_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label South Sandwich volcanic arc
gptkbp:lastEruption 2022
gptkbp:latitude 56°S to 59°S
gptkbp:length 350 km
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:South_Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:longitude 26°W to 28°W
gptkbp:notableVolcano Bristol Island 2016 eruption
Mount Belinda 2001-2007 eruption
Mount Michael persistent lava lake
gptkbp:numberOfIslands 11
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:South_Sandwich_Islands
gptkbp:tectonicSetting gptkb:island
gptkbp:uninhabited true
gptkbp:volcanoType gptkb:stratovolcano
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Candlemas_Island_volcano
gptkb:Saunders_Island_volcano
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8