Discovery Volcano
Updated: Apr 20, 2024 01:45 GMT -
Stratovolcano 2578 m / 8458 ft
Antarctica, -78.37°S / 165.02°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Antarctica, -78.37°S / 165.02°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Discovery volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Latest nearby earthquakes
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Background
Mount Discovery is central volcano that formed about 5.3 million Potassium-Argon years ago. The youngest parastic cones have been dated at about 1.87 million years ago (LeMasurier and Thomson, 1990).---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
Discovery Volcano Photos
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Krakatau's crater at full moon in the evening, taken during the VolcanoDiscovery expedition on 3 July 2012 (Photo: Andi Rosadi)
The VolcanoDiscovery group and our guides at the fumaroles of Papadayan volcano (Photo: Tobias Schorr)