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Protector Shoal
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Location of Protector Shoal
Summit depth 55 metres (180 ft)
Height 3,900 feet (1,200 m)
Location
Location 31 miles (50 km) NW of Zavodovski Island
Group South Sandwich Islands
Coordinates 56°01′S 28°25′W / 56.017°S 28.417°W / -56.017; -28.417
Country United Kingdom
Geology
Type Seamount, Submarine volcano
Last eruption 1962; 62 years ago (1962)
History
Discovery date 1962 (1962)
Discovered by Royal Navy Ice Patrol Vessel H.M.S. Protector
South sandwich islands
South Sandwich Islands

Protector Shoal is a submarine volcano, also called seamount, which rises gently from an ocean depth of 3,900 feet (1,200 m) to about 55 metres (180 ft) below sea level approximately 31 miles (50 km) NW of Zavodovski Island in the South Sandwich Islands chain. The last eruption occurred during March 1962. Protector Shoal is the only volcano in the arc that has erupted rhyolite pumice.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Banco Protector para niños

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