Mount Asphyxia
{{Short description|Volcano on Zavodovski Island in the British South Sandwich Islands}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Asphyxia
| other_name = Mount Curry
| photo = Zavodovski Island oblique.jpg
| photo_size = 240
| photo_caption =
| elevation_m = 551
| elevation_ref =
| prominence_m =
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| location = Zavodovski Island,
South Sandwich Islands,
United Kingdom
| map = Atlantic Ocean
| map_caption =
| map_size = 260
| label_position = right
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| coordinates = {{coord|56|18|S|27|34|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| type = Stratovolcano
| last_eruption = 2016
| coordinates_ref =Google Earth
}}
Mount Asphyxia, also known as Mount Curry,{{cite gvp|name=Zavodovski|vn=390130|access-date=2021-06-25}} is a prominent volcanic cone reaching to {{convert|550|m|ft}}, forming the summit of Zavodovski Island, northernmost of the South Sandwich Islands.{{usgs-gazetteer}}
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.{{Cite web |last=Osborne |first=Hannah |date=2016-07-06 |title=Erupting volcanos are threatening one of the world's largest penguin colonies |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/two-erupting-volcanoes-threatening-one-worlds-largest-penguin-colonies-1569295 |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=International Business Times UK |language=en}} 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{{cite web|url=http://mapcarta.com/19198220|title=Stench Point|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=3 November 2016}}
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.{{cite web|title=Penguins on world's smelliest island in danger as volcano erupts, covering them in ash|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/07/06/penguins-on-worlds-smelliest-island-in-danger-as-volcano-erupts/|website=Telegraph|date=6 July 2016 |accessdate=3 November 2016 |last1=Knapton |first1=Sarah }}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160706231018/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/07/chinstrap-penguin-colony-volcano-threat-south-atlantic-ocean/ National Geographic - Erupting Volcano May Have Destroyed Huge Penguin Colony]
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Category:Volcanoes of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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