Earth:Mount Harcourt

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Short description: Volcano in Victoria Land, Antarctica
Mount Harcourt
Mount Harcourt.jpg
Mount Harcourt, 1964 photo
Highest point
Elevation5,153 ft (1,571 m) [1]
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 72°18′S 170°00′E / 72.3°S 170°E / -72.3; 170[1]
Geography
Mount Harcourt is located in Antarctica
Mount Harcourt
Mount Harcourt
Hallett Peninsula, Antarctica
Geology
Age of rockOldest dated rock: 5.5 and 6.6 million years[1]
Mountain typeStratovolcano[1]
Volcanic arc/beltHallett Peninsula

Mount Harcourt is a stratovolcano making up part of the Hallett Peninsula extending into the Ross Sea about 375 mi (604 km) south of Mount Erebus, along with three overlapping shield volcanoes. It was discovered and named by the Nimrod expedition in December 1908.[2]

Two dates have been obtained from the volcano's rock, roughly 5.5 and 6.6 million years in age. These samples are alkalic in composition.[1] The volcano is known to be a site of Boscoia sudpolaris.[3]

See also

  • List of volcanoes in Antarctica

References