Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands

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Coordinates: 57°47′S, 026°27′W

Saunders Island is a crescent-shaped island 8.8 km (5.5 mi) long, lying between Candlemas Island and Montagu Island in the South Sandwich Islands. It is a volcanic island, with an active summit crater, Mount Michael, 700 m in diameter and 990 m in elevation. Mount Michael erupted explosively in 1819

Saunders Island was discovered in 1775 by Captain James Cook, who named it for Sir Charles Saunders, First Lord of the Admiralty. It was charted in greater detail by Bellingshausen in 1819, and in 1930 by DI personnel on the Discovery II. ^{[clarification needed]}

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• volcano.und.edu

South Sandwich Islands

Location of Saunders Island

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

South Georgia Islands: Annenkov Island • Bird Island • Clerke Rocks • Cooper Island • Grass Island • Pickersgill Islands • Shag Rocks • South Georgia • Willis Islands South Sandwich Islands: Bellingshausen • Bristol • Candlemas • Cook • Leskov • Montagu • Saunders • Thule • Vindication • Visokoi • Zavodovski