Mount Scenery
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Mount Scenery | |
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View from Mount Scenery overlooking the island Saba |
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Elevation | 877 m (2,877 ft) |
Location | Saba, Netherlands Antilles |
Prominence | 877 m (2,877 ft) |
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Type | Stratovolcano with lava dome |
Last eruption | 1640 |
Mount Scenery is a lava dome which forms the summit of the Saba island stratovolcano. At an elevation of 877 m, it is the highest point in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The Saba volcano is potentially dangerous; the latest eruption was in or around the year 1640 and included explosions and pyroclastic flows.