Mount Scenery

Mount Scenery
Mount Scenery Saba, Netherlands
Elevation	877 m (2,877 ft)
Prominence	877 m (2,877 ft)
Listing	Country high point
Location
Coordinates	17°38′06″N 63°14′21″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.

View from Mount Scenery overlooking Windwardside, Saba

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

• Global Volcanism Program: Saba