Mount Asphyxia
Mount Curry
Highest point
Elevation	551 m (1,808 ft)
Coordinates	56°18′S 27°34′W / 56.300°S 27.567°W / -56.300; -27.567[1]
Geography
Mount Asphyxia Zavodovski Island, South Sandwich Islands, United Kingdom
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	2016

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]

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

• List of volcanoes in South Sandwich Islands

References

External links

• National Geographic - Erupting Volcano May Have Destroyed Huge Penguin Colony

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