Candlemas Island
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Candlemas Islands
The Candlemas Islands are a group of small uninhabited islands lying at the northern end of the South Sandwich Islands, southeast of Visokoi Island...
in the South Sandwich Islands. It lies about 2 miles (3.2 km) from Vindication Island
Vindication Island
Vindication Island is a small uninhabited island in the South Sandwich Islands. It lies about from Candlemas Island, separated by the Nelson Channel....
, separated by the Nelson Channel.
On the northwest flank of the island is an active stratovolcano
Stratovolcano
A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a tall, conical volcano built up by many layers of hardened lava, tephra, pumice, and volcanic ash. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile and periodic, explosive eruptions...
, Lucifer Hill, that showed signs of activity in 1911 and glowing lava flows during 1953–1954. Mount Andromeda and Mount Perseus are both glacier-covered peaks on the island. Mount Andromeda is the island's highest point, with an elevation of 550 metres (1,804 ft).
Candlemas Island is the setting of a novel by Ian Cameron
Donald G. Payne
-Biography:Using James Vance Marshall as a pseudonym, Payne has written such books as A River Ran Out of Eden and White-Out . His most famous book is probably Walkabout , first published as The Children and later made into a movie starring Jenny Agutter.Payne has also used Ian Cameron and Donald...
, The White Ship (1975), which tells of a disastrous expedition to the island in 1975 where members of the expedition must contend with ghosts of Spaniards shipwrecked on the island in 1818.