Mount Scenery

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Mount Scenery

View from Mount Scenery overlooking the island Saba
Elevation 877 m (2,877 ft)
Location Saba, Netherlands Antilles
Prominence 877 m (2,877 ft)
Coordinates 17°38′06″N, 63°14′21″W
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.


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