Argo Point Volcano
Updated: May 21, 2024 15:41 GMT -
Pyroclastic cone 360 m / 1181 ft
Antarctica, -66.25°S / -60.92°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Antarctica, -66.25°S / -60.92°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Argo Point volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background
Argo Point is a small scoria cone on the Jason Peninsula for which Potassium-Argon dates of 1.4 and 0.9 million years ago have been obtained (LeMasurier and Thomson, 1990).---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information