Penguin Island (South Shetland Islands)
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| Elevation: | 180 m (591 feet) |
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| Location: | Antarctica |
| Type: | Stratovolcano |
| Last eruption: | 1905(?) |
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Penguin Island or Georges Island or Île Pingouin or Isla Pingüino or Penguin Isle is an island, 1.4 wide x 1.7 km long, which lies close off the south coast of King George Island and marks the eastern side of the entrance to King George Bay in the South Shetland Islands. Penguin Island was sighted in January 1820 by a British expedition under Edward Bransfield, and so named by him because penguins occupied the shores of the island.
Penguin Island is capped by Deacon Peak, a basaltic scoria cone. Deacon Peak was last thought to be active about 300 years ago. Petrel Crater, a maar crater, is located on the east side of the island, and is though to have last erupted in or around 1905.
[edit] Sources
- Siebert L, Simkin T (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3, (http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/).
[edit] See also
[edit] External link
- information on the South Shetland Islands including Penguin Island
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