Kick 'em Jenny

Definitions

An active submarine volcano on the Caribbean Sea floor, located 8 km (5 mi) north of the island of Grenada, or the strait where it lies.

Examples

“Even then, if she cannot lie⟳ S.E.b.S. at least, her reaching them will be very doubtful, and her best way will be to go through the passage between Kick⟳-'em-Jenny and Carriacou, in order⟳ to weather Grenada before she gets into the strong lee current which prevails between that island and Trinidad, and renders it very difficult for ships to fetch⟳ Point⟳ Saline from the Bocas.”

“The 12 submarine eruptions from Kick⟳ 'em Jenny are believed to have⟳ been dominantly explosive, although in at least one case a lava dome was extruded.”

“On the way, I learn⟳ from a feisty Jamaican writer that the turbulence one experiences, and to which Marshall gives epic meaning, is actually the result⟳ of volcanic action that is producing another island (affectionately called “Kick⟳ 'em Jenny”).”

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