Saunders Island
Saunders Island is a cape in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Michael.
Mount Michael
Volcano
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Mount Michael is an active stratovolcano on Saunders Island in the remote South Sandwich Islands of the South Atlantic Ocean. It is one of only a few volcanoes on Earth confirmed to host a persistent lava lake within its summit crater.
Saunders Island
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Carey point”, “Carey Point”, “Punta Rocosa”, and “Rocky Point”
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-57.804° or 57° 48′ 14″ southLongitude
-26.54134° or 26° 32′ 29″ westOpen location code
39JM5FW5+CFOpenStreetMap ID
node 6709137283OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
3426552
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Saunders Island” goes by many names.
- French: “Île Saunders”
- German: “Saunders Island”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Saunders”
- Spanish: “Isla Saunders”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Old crater and Saunders Island.
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