Gaussberg

sopka (bez známé erupce za posledních ~12 000 let), Antarctica, Somalian-Antarctic Volcanic Regions

Kde

Antarctica, Somalian-Antarctic Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Cone

Nadmořská výška

370 m

Poloha

-66,780°, 89,300°

Gaussgberg is an ice-free conical mountain composed primarily of subglacial eruptive products. No vent has been located and its present morphology is thought to result from glacial and subaerial erosion of a once-larger mountain that was formed about 55,000 years ago (LeMasurier and Thomson 1990).

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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