United Kingdom · Stratovolcano
Zavodovski Island
Zavodovski
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 551m
- Last eruption
- 2016
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Antarctic & Scotia / South Sandwich Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 551m
- Coordinates
- -56.300, -27.570
- Last eruption
- 2016
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
The 5-km-wide Zavodovski Island, the northernmost of the South Sandwich Islands, consists of a single basaltic stratovolcano with two cones on the east side.
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From Wikipedia
Zavodovski Island is an uninhabited volcanic island in the Traversay Islands subgroup of the South Sandwich Islands, which are located southeast of South Georgia in the South Atlantic Ocean. Zavodovski is the northernmost of the South Sandwich Islands and consists of one major stratovolcano, Mount Curry, which is surrounded to the east by a plain formed by lava flows. Mount Curry has a fumarolically active crater on the southwestern side, which also bears traces of a sector collapse. An eruption occurred in 2016.
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Eruption history
5 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 2
- Uncertain eruptions
- 3
- Span of confirmed record
- 1819 – 2016
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 2 (1819)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 1
Detailed timeline
- 2016VEI 1Observed2016-03-30 – 2016-06-15Summit crater
- 1908VEI 1Method not stated1908-11-16 – end unknown
- 1830VEI 1Method not stated1830-09-16 – end unknown
- 1823VEI 1Method not stated1823-07-02 – end unknown
- 1819VEI 2Observed1819-12-16 – end unknown
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