Mount Scenery

Mount Scenery

Saba with Mount Scenery's peak in the clouds
Highest point
Elevation 887 m (2,910 ft)
Prominence 887 m (2,910 ft)
Listing Country high point
Coordinates 17°38′06″N 63°14′21″W / 17.63500°N 63.23917°W / 17.63500; -63.23917Coordinates: 17°38′06″N 63°14′21″W / 17.63500°N 63.23917°W / 17.63500; -63.23917
Geography
Mount Scenery

location in the Lesser Antilles

Location Saba, Caribbean Netherlands
Geology
Mountain 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 887 m (2,910 ft),[1] 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.

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