Mount Michael

Mount Michael
Saunders Island
Highest point
Elevation843 m (2,766 ft)
Prominence843 m (2,766 ft)
Coordinates57°48′13″S 26°28′52″W / 57.80361°S 26.48111°W / -57.80361; -26.48111
Geography
Map
LocationSaunders Island, South Sandwich Islands
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Last eruption2023

Mount Michael is an active volcano with a height of 843 m. It is located on Saunders Island in the South Sandwich Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is one of the few volcanoes in an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. The volcano was discovered by a British expedition under James Cook in 1775, but was presumably first charted in 1820 by a Russian expedition under Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen. It was recharted in 1930 by DI personnel under Commander W.M. Carey of the Royal Navy, who was captain of the Discovery II at the time of the survey.