Antarctica · Shield volcano
Mount Berlin
Berlin
- Type
- Shield volcano
- Elevation
- 3478m
- Last eruption
- -8350
- Type
- Shield volcano
- Country
- Antarctica
- Region
- Antarctic & Scotia / Western Antarctica Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 3478m
- Coordinates
- -76.050, -136.000
- Last eruption
- -8350
- Tectonic setting
- Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Shield
- Major rock type
- Trachyte / Trachydacite
Geological summary
Mount Berlin consists of two coalescing shield volcanoes, Berlin Crater and Merrem Peak, each with a 2-km-wide summit caldera.
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From Wikipedia
Mount Berlin is a glacier-covered volcano in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, 100 kilometres (62 mi) from the Amundsen Sea. It is a roughly 20-kilometre-wide (12 mi) mountain with parasitic vents that consists of two coalesced volcanoes: Berlin proper with the 2-kilometre-wide (1.2 mi) Berlin Crater and Merrem Peak with a 2.5-by-1-kilometre-wide crater, 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) away from Berlin. The summit of the volcano is 3,478 metres (11,411 ft) above sea level. It has a volume of 200 cubic kilometres (48 mi3) and rises from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. It is part of the Marie Byrd Land Volcanic Province. Trachyte is the dominant volcanic rock and occurs in the form of lava flows and pyroclastic rocks.
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Eruption history
1 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 1
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 8350 BCE (±5300 yrs) – 8350 BCE
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 0 (8350 BCE)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Detailed timeline
- 8350 BCE (±5300 yrs)VEI 0Geological estimate8350 BCE – end unknown
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