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Wednesday, Jan 23, 2013
No further hot spots have been noted recently on MODIS data. Status is set back to "green". [more]
Thursday, Nov 15, 2012
The MODIS TERRA and AQUA satellites detected 4 thermal anomalies at Michael on 14 November suggesting that some significant activity has started there. [more]

Volcanoes of South Sandwich Islands (8 volcanoes)

Protector Shoal | Zavodovski | Leskov Island | Hodson | Candlemas Island | Michael | Montagu Island | Thule Islands
The South Sandwich Islands are a British overseas territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean located southeast of South America and north of Antarctica. The islands form an volcanic island arc caused by the subduction zone of the Sandwich microplate under the South American plate.
Protector Shoal
(Submarine volcano)
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Zavodovski
(stratovolcano)
Mt Curry volcano (also referred to as Mt Asphyxia) is the active volcano on the uninhabited, 5 km wide Zavodovski island at the northernmost end of the South Sandwich Islands. [more]

Leskov Island
(Stratovolcano)
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Hodson
(Stratovolcano)
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Candlemas Island
(Stratovolcano)
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Michael
(Stratovolcano)
Michael volcano is a young and frequently active stratovolcano dominating the glaciated Saunders Island, located in the center of the South Sandwich Islands.
Mt Michael volcano has a 700 m wide summit crater that often contains a lava lake, but due to its remote location, ... [more]

Montagu Island
(Shield volcano)
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Thule Islands
(Stratovolcanoes)
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