Major eruption-induced changes to the McDonald Islands, southern Indian Ocean

• Main Authors: Stephenson, J., Budd, G. M., Manning, J., Hansbro, Philip Michael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Scientific Publications 2005
• Subjects: fauna; king penguin; lava domes; lava spines; ship hazards; sub-Antarctic; volcanism; Antarctic; Heard; Heard Island; Indian; Kerguelen; Main Island; McDonald Island; McDonald Islands; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Aptenodytes patagonica; Eudyptes chrysolophus; King Penguins
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/24639

The McDonald Islands (53 degrees S, 73 degrees E) originally comprised three small islands that lie on the Kerguelen Plateau, 44 km west of Heard Island. No volcanic activity was observed since their discovery in 1874 until 1997, when two passing ships recorded major changes and eruptive behaviour....