Mount Curry
| Mount Curry | ||
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 View from the west of Zavodovski Island with Mount Curry |
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| height | 551 m | |
| location | Zavodovski Island ( South Sandwich Islands ) | |
| Coordinates | 56 ° 17 ′ 55 " S , 27 ° 35 ′ 18" W | |
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Mount Curry ( Spanish Monte Curry ) is a 551 m high stratovolcano and the highest point of Zavodovski Island in the archipelago of the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic . It rises to the west of the Asphyxia Plain .
Argentine scientists named it in 1958 after an Argentine sailor who died on March 1, 1826 in the sea battle at Colonia del Sacramento . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1974 as Mount Asphyxia after the permanently escaping volcanic gases, but then decided a year later to transfer the Argentine name into English.
Web links
- Mount Curry . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)