Mount Hodson

Mount Hodson
Highest point
Elevation 1,005 m (3,297 ft)
Coordinates 56°42′S 27°09′W / 56.70°S 27.15°W / -56.70; -27.15
Geography
Location South Sandwich Islands
Geology
Mountain type Stratovolcano
Last eruption Unknown

Mount Hodson is an ice-covered stratovolcano and the highest point on Visokoi Island, South Sandwich Islands. It might have erupted in 1830 and 1930, and the summit usually steams.[1] Named after Sir Arnold Wienholt Hodson (1881-1944), Governor of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies, 1926-30.

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