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Young Island

Stratovolcano · Antarctica · 1340m

The roughly 30-km-long Young Island is shown in this 24 January 2020 Sentinel-2 satellite image (N is at the top). It is the northernmost of the three main Balleny islands, with Buckle and Sturge to the south.
The roughly 30-km-long Young Island is shown in this 24 January 2020 Sentinel-2 satellite image (N is at the top). It is the northernmost of the three main Balleny islands, with Buckle and Sturge to the south. · Photo: Satellite image courtesy of Copernicus Sentinel Data, 2020.
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Antarctica
Region
Antarctic-Scotia Volcanic Regions / Balleny Hotspot Volcano Group
Elevation
1340m
Coordinates
-66.420, 162.470
Last eruption
Unknown
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Trachybasalt / Tephrite Basanite
Geological summary

Young Island is the northernmost and second largest of the Balleny Islands off the coast of Antarctica's Victoria Land. Captain Balleny, the discoverer of the islands, reported "smoke" issuing from Freeman Peak on Young Island on 12 February 1839. The island, almost completely mantled by ice, has a broad plateau-like summit reaching 1340 m.

From Wikipedia

Young Island is the northernmost and westernmost of the three main islands in the uninhabited Balleny Islands group located in the Southern Ocean. It lies 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) northwest of Buckle Island, some 115 kilometres (71 mi) north-northeast of Belousov Point on the Antarctic mainland.

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Eruption history

Detailed timeline

No eruption records available.

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