Antarctica · Stratovolcano
Mount Melbourne
Melbourne
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 2732m
- Last eruption
- 1892
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Antarctica
- Region
- Antarctic & Scotia / McMurdo Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 2732m
- Coordinates
- -74.350, 164.700
- Last eruption
- 1892
- Tectonic setting
- Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Trachyte / Trachydacite
Geological summary
Mount Melbourne is a large undissected stratovolcano along the western coast of the Ross Sea in Antarctica's northern Victoria Land.
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From Wikipedia
Mount Melbourne is a 2,733-metre-high (8,967 ft) ice-covered stratovolcano in Victoria Land, Antarctica, between Wood Bay and Terra Nova Bay. It is an elongated mountain with a summit caldera filled with ice with numerous parasitic vents; a volcanic field surrounds the edifice. Mount Melbourne has a volume of about 180 cubic kilometres (43 cu mi) and consists of tephra deposits and lava flows; tephra deposits are also found encased within ice and have been used to date the last eruption of Mount Melbourne to 1892 ± 30 years. The volcano is fumarolically active.
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Eruption history
1 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 1
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 1892 (±30 yrs) – 1892
- Largest confirmed eruption
- No VEI recorded
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Detailed timeline
- 1892 (±30 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate1892-07-02 – end unknown
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