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Mount Asphyxia

Mount Asphyxia

Volcano on Zavodovski Island in the British South Sandwich Islands

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]

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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. Thus changing the way the penguins adapted to the Island for all could be known the penguins have started to change and grow[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. [1]
    Google Earth
  2. [2]
    "Zavodovski". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  3. [3]
    Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Mount Asphyxia". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.  Edit this at Wikidata
  4. [4]
    Erupting volcanos are threatening one of the world's largest penguin colonies
  5. [5]
    "Stench Point". Mapcarta. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  6. [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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