Penguin Island, Antarctica

Stratovolcano · 180 m (591 ft)

Penguin Island is a stratovolcano in Antarctica, 180 m (591 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1900 to 1963. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Penguin Island on the map

Penguin Island and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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The volcano

Type: Stratovolcano
Elevation: 180 m (591 ft)
Country: Antarctica
Summit: 62.100° S, 57.930° W
Last known eruption: 1900 to 1963
Holocene activity known from: Lichenometry
Smithsonian volcano number: 390031

Significant eruptions

NOAA records eruptions that killed, did damage, were very large, or set off a tsunami or earthquake.

None on record.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

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Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.