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The name 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, and the fumes can indeed suffocate a visitor to the island. The same qualities given names to a number of Zavodovski Island's other features.
The name 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, and the fumes can indeed suffocate a visitor to the island. The same qualities given names to a number of Zavodovski Island's other features.


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[[Category:Volcanoes of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]]
[[Category:Volcanoes of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]]

Revision as of 14:21, 22 January 2018

Mount Asphyxia
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Zavodovski Island
Zavodovski Island
Summit: 1,800 feet 56°18’-0"S, 27°34’0"W

Mount Asphyxia (56°18′S 27°34′W) is a prominent volcanic cone reaching to 1,800 feet above sea level, forming the summit of Zavodovski Island, northernmost of the South Sandwich Islands.

The name 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, and the fumes can indeed suffocate a visitor to the island. The same qualities given names to a number of Zavodovski Island's other features.