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Buckle Island Volcano | John Seach
Balleny Islands, Antarctica
66.80 S, 163.25 E
summit elevation 1239 m
Stratovolcano
Buckle Island is located 25 km SE of Young Island, off the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica.
The island forms a gentle sloping plateau with rocky and ice cliffs at the coast.
The island summit in the west contains an inactive crater.
The active crater is located on the lower eastern part of the island.
Eruptions at Buckle Island
Fumarolic activity or explosive eruptions were reported on 9th February 1939 and 12th January 1899. The reports are uncertain, and activity has been considered doubtful by some researchers. Ice-free craters have been observed by Waterhouse (1965) who noted that eruption activity could have been possible at earlier reports.
Further reading
Johnson, G. Leonard, et al. "Geology of Scott and Balleny Islands, Ross Sea, Antarctica, and morphology of adjacent seafloor." New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 25.4 (1982): 427-436.
Buckle Island Volcano Eruptions
1899?, 1839?