Mount Asphyxia, also known as Mount Curry, is a prominent
volcanic cone
Volcanic cones are among the simplest volcanic landforms. They are built by ejecta from a volcanic vent, piling up around the vent in the shape of a cone with a central crater. Volcanic cones are of different types, depending upon the nature and ...
reaching to , forming the summit of
Zavodovski Island
Zavodovski Island is an uninhabited volcanic island in the Traversay Islands subgroup of the South Sandwich Islands. It lies southeast of South Georgia Island. It is the northernmost of the South Sandwich Islands and the nearest to South Geor ...
, northernmost of the
South Sandwich Islands
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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
Penguins (order (biology), order List of Sphenisciformes by population, Sphenisciformes , family (biology), family Spheniscidae ) are a group of Water bird, aquatic flightless birds. They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere: on ...
guano
Guano (Spanish from qu, wanu) is the accumulated excrement of seabirds or bats. As a manure, guano is a highly effective fertilizer due to the high content of nitrogen, phosphate, and potassium, all key nutrients essential for plant growth. G ...
. The fumes can indeed suffocate a visitor to the island. These qualities have given names to a number of Zavodovski Island's other features.
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.
See also
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List of volcanoes in South Sandwich Islands
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in the South Sandwich Islands.
References
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References
External links
National Geographic - Erupting Volcano May Have Destroyed Huge Penguin Colony
Volcanoes of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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