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Encyclopedia > List of volcanoes in Antarctica

This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Antarctica. This article is about volcanoes in geology. ...

Name Elevation Location Last eruption
meters feet Coordinates
Mount Andrus 2978 9770 75.80° S 132.33° W Holocene
Mount Berlin 3478 11,411 76.05° S 136.00° W -
Bridgeman Island 240 787 62.05° S 56.75° W -
Deception Island 576 1890 62.97° S 60.65° W 1987
Mount Discovery 2681 8796 78.3° S 165.0° E 1.8 million years ago
Mount Erebus 3794 12,448 77°32′S 167°17′E 2006
Mount Frakes 3654 11,998 76.8° S 117.7° W -
Gaussberg 370 1213 66°48′S 89°11′E -
Mount Hampton 3323 10,902 76.5° S 126.0° W -
Hudson Mountains 749 2457 74.33° S 99.42° W -
Mount Melbourne 2732 8963 74.35° S 164.70° E 1750 ± 100 years
Mount Morning 2723 8934 78.5° S 163.5° E -
Mount Ellis 3078 10,098 76.1° S 135.0° W -
Mount Murphy 2703 8868 75.3° S 100.75° W Late Miocene
Mount Overlord 3395 11,142 73.2° S 164.6° E -
Paulet Island 353 1158 63.58° S 55.77° W Holocene
Penguin Island 180 59 1 62.10° S 57.93° W 1905(?)
Peter I Island 1640 5381 68.85° S 90.58° W Holocene
The Pleiades 3040 9974 72.67° S 165.50° E 1050 BC ± 1000 years
Royal Society Volcano 3000 9842 78.25° S 163.60° E Holocene
Seal Nunataks 368 1207 65.03° S 60.05° W 1980
Mount Sidley 4181 13,717 77.1° S 126.1° W -
Mount Siple 3110 10,203 73°43′S 126°67′W Holocene
Mount Steere 3558 11,673 76.7° S 117.8° W -
Mount Takahe 3460 11,352 76.28° S 112.08° W 5550 BC
Mount Terror 3230 10,597 77°31′S 168°32′W -
Toney Mountain 3595 11,795 75.80° S 115.83° W Holocene
Unnamed 2987 9797 73.45° S 164.58° E Holocene
Unnamed -500 -1640 76.83° S 163.00° E Holocene
Unnamed - - 56.25° S 72.17° W 1876
Mount Waesche 3292 10,801 77.17° S 126.88° W Holocene

This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... Topographic map of the Ames Range (1:250,000 scale) from USGS Mount Kosciusko Sources Siebert L, Simkin T (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. ... Topographic map of Mounts Moulton and Berlin (1:250,000 scale) Sources Siebert L, Simkin T (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. ... Sources Siebert L, Simkin T (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. ... Deception Island is an island in the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica. ... Topographic map of the Mount Discovery (1:250,000 scale) from USGS Mount Discovery Sources Amar Andalkar (2005-). Amar Andalkars Ski Mountaineering and Climbing Site. ... Mount Erebus in Antarctica is the southernmost active volcano on Earth. ... Mount Frakes is a prominent mountain marking the highest elevation in the Crary Mountains, in Marie Byrd Land. ... Gaussberg (or Mount Gauss) is an extinct volcanic cone, 370 metres high, fronting on Davis Sea immediately west of Posadowsky Glacier in Antarctica. ... Mount Hampton is an impressive mountain with a ciCan i have a tissue please because i am done with mi buisness and i am very wet with desire are you well not really bisnitch. ... The Hudson Mountains (74º25´S 099º30´W) is a large group of low scattered mountains and nunataks of about 112 km (70 mi) extent in west Ellsworth Land. ... Mount Melbourne is a massive volcanic cone of great beauty, surmounting the projection of the coast between Wood Bay and Terra Nova Bay, in Victoria Land of Antarctica. ... Topographic map of Mounts Morning and Discovery (1:250,000 scale) from USGS Mount Discovery Sources Amar Andalkar (2005-). Amar Andalkars Ski Mountaineering and Climbing Site. ... Mount Murphy is a massive, snow-covered mountain with steep, rocky slopes, directly south of Bear Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land. ... Topographic map of Mount Overlord (1:250,000 scale) Sources Amar Andalkar (2005-). Amar Andalkars Ski Mountaineering and Climbing Site. ... Map of Graham Land, showing Paulet Island(10) Paulet Island is a circular island about 1 mile in diameter, lying 3 miles southeast of Dundee Island, off the northeastern end of the Antarctic Peninsula. ... Sources Siebert L, Simkin T (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. ... Fabian von Bellingshausen discovered Peter I Island (in Norwegian ) off West Antarctica on January 21, 1821. ... Sources Siebert L, Simkin T (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. ... Topographic map of Mounts Sidley and Waesche (1:250,000 scale) Sources Amar Andalkar (2005-). Amar Andalkars Ski Mountaineering and Climbing Site. ... Location of Siple Island Siple Island is a massive, snow-covered island, 110 km long, lying E of Wrigley Gulf along the Getz Ice Shelf off the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. ... Mount Steere is a prominent mountain standing 6. ... Mount Takahe is a large, isolated snow-covered mountain (an extinct volcano) standing 64 km SE of Toney Mountain in Marie Byrd Land. ... For mountains named Mount Terror, see Mount Terror. ... Toney Mountain is an elongated snow-covered mountain, 60 km (38 mi) long and rising to 3,595 m in Richmond Peak, located 56 km (35 mi) SW of Kohler Range in Marie Byrd Land. ... Topographic map of Mounts Sidley and Waesche (1:250,000 scale) Sources Amar Andalkar (2005-). Amar Andalkars Ski Mountaineering and Climbing Site. ...

References

  • Siebert, L. and T. Simkin (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3. URL: http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/


 

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