Melbourne Volcano
Updated: 19 apr. 2024 20:47 GMT -
Stratovolcano 2732 m / 8,963 ft
East Antarctica, , -74.35°S / 164.7°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
East Antarctica, , -74.35°S / 164.7°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Eruzioni del vulcano Melbourne: 1750 ± 100 years
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Background
Mount Melbourne is a large undissected stratovolcano along the western coast of the Ross Sea in Antarctica's northern Victoria Land. The 2732-m-high glacier-clad stratovolcano lies at the center of a volcanic field containing both subglacial and subaerial vents that are situated along a dominantly N-S trend. A large number of scoria cones, lava domes, viscous lava flows, and lava fields are exposed at the summit and upper flanks. A number of very young-looking cones are located at the summit and on the flanks. Tephra layers are found within and on top of ice layers, and the most recent eruption may have been only a few hundred years ago. The volcano displays fumarolic activity that is concentrated along a NNE-SSW line cutting through the summit area and along a line of phreatomagmatic craters on the southern rim of the summit crater. Prominent ice towers and pinnacles were formed from steam condensation around fumarolic vents.---
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