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Mount Scenery
View from Mount Scenery overlooking Windwardside, SabaElevation 877 m (2,877 ft) Prominence 877 m (2,877 ft) Listing Country high point Location Saba, Netherlands Coordinates 17°38′06″N 63°14′21″W / 17.635°N 63.23917°WCoordinates: 17°38′06″N 63°14′21″W / 17.635°N 63.23917°W Geology Type Stratovolcano with lava dome Last eruption 1640 Mount Scenery is a potentially active volcano in the Caribbean Netherlands. Its lava dome forms the summit of the Saba island stratovolcano. At an elevation of 877 m, it is the highest point in both the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and, since the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles on 10 October 2010, the highest point in the Netherlands proper.
The Saba volcano is potentially dangerous; the latest eruption was in or around the year 1640 and included explosions and pyroclastic flows.
See also
- List of volcanoes in the Netherlands
References
Categories:- Volcanoes of the Atlantic Ocean
- Volcanoes of the Netherlands
- Highpoints in the Caribbean
- Potentially active volcanoes
- Geography of Saba
- Landforms of the Netherlands
- Caribbean geography stubs
- Netherlands geography stubs
- Caribbean Netherlands stubs
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