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The activity throughout 2005 marked the highest levels yet. The increase in activity in the fall of 2005 produced an active 3.5-kilometre (2.2-mile)-long lava flow, extending from the summit cone of Mount Belinda to the sea. The flow spread northeast from the volcanic vent, and then became diverted
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lava, melting the thick cover of ice that had accumulated while the volcano lay dormant, and "producing a marvelous 'natural laboratory' for studying lava-ice interactions relevant to the biology of extreme environments, as well as to processes believed to be important on Mars."
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Patrick, Matthew R.; Smellie, John L.; Harris, Andrew J. L.; Wright, Robert; Dean, Ken; Izbekov, Pavel; Garbeil, Harold; Pilger, Eric (2005).
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False-color image of the ongoing eruption of Mount Belinda (September 23, 2005). The graph indicates the amount of radiant heat (in
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LeMasurier, W. E.; Thomson, J. W., eds. (1990). "E. South Sandwich Islands".
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megawatts
Elevation
Prominence
Coordinates
58°26′S 26°20′W / 58.433°S 26.333°W / -58.433; -26.333
Montagu Island
South Sandwich Islands
Mountain type
Stratovolcano
Last eruption
stratovolcano
Montagu Island
South Sandwich Islands
Scotia Sea
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
erupted
basaltic
arête



"Montagu Island"
Global Volcanism Program
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"Ongoing Eruption of Mount Belinda, NASA Earth Observatory"
the original
"First recorded eruption of Mount Belinda volcano (Montagu Island), South Sandwich Islands"

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