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.
stratovolcano 551 m / 1,808 ft
South Sandwich Islands (UK), -56.3°S / -27.57°W
Zavodovski volcano eruptions:
2012, 1908 (?), 1830 (?), 1823 (?), 1819
Typical eruption style:explosive
Last earthquakes nearby
Zavodovski (Mt Curry) volcano news & activity updates
Saturday, Jul 07, 2012
No more reports about activity from the remote Zavodovski volcano have become available recently, and there is no thermal hot spot visible at the volcano. Therefore, its status has been placed back to "green".
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Plume of Mt Curry on 27 April 2012 seen on Aqua satellite (NASA/GSFC/Jeff Schmaltz/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team; annotation by E. Klemetti)
A new eruption on the remote Zavodovski Island in the South Sandwich island chain was detected by NASA's Aqua satellite on 27 April 2012.
...moreThe satellite picture shows a plume originating from the island's active crater known as Mt Curry, or sometimes also referred to as Mt Asphyxia. It is possible that the plume is created by lava flows in contact with sea water, as it appears to be mainly steam.
Not much else is known about the eruption, because the island is uninhabited and extremely remote and has no monitoring on the island. Most of the information about this eruption will rely on remote sensing (satellite observations). [
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