United Kingdom · Stratovolcano
Mount Michael
Saunders
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 843m
- Last eruption
- 2026
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Antarctic & Scotia / South Sandwich Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 843m
- Coordinates
- -57.800, -26.483
- Last eruption
- 2026
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
Saunders Island consists of a large central volcanic edifice intersected by two seamount chains, as shown by bathymetric mapping (Leat et al., 2013).
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From Wikipedia
Mount Michael is an active stratovolcano on Saunders Island in the remote South Sandwich Islands of the South Atlantic Ocean. It is one of only a few volcanoes on Earth confirmed to host a persistent lava lake within its summit crater.
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Eruption history
8 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 7
- Uncertain eruptions
- 1
- Span of confirmed record
- 1819 – 2026
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 2 (1819)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 6
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 2014VEI 1Observed2014-11-12 – 2026-02-23Mount Michael summit crater
- 2000VEI 0Observed2000-05-13 – 2013-11-16
- 1999VEI 0Observed1999-01-19 – 1999-01-19
- 1995VEI 0Observed1995-04-16 – 1998-02-16
- 1989VEI 0Observed1989-01-30 – 1990-03-22
- 1900 (±10 yrs)VEI 0Geological estimate1900-07-02 – end unknownNorth flank
- 1823VEI 2Method not stated1823-07-02 – end unknown
- 1819VEI 2Observed1819-12-29 – end unknown
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