Antarctica · Shield volcano
Mount Takahe
Takahe
- Type
- Shield volcano
- Elevation
- 3460m
- Last eruption
- -5550
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- Type
- Shield volcano
- Country
- Antarctica
- Region
- Antarctic & Scotia / Western Antarctica Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 3460m
- Coordinates
- -76.280, -112.080
- Last eruption
- -5550
- Tectonic setting
- Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Shield
- Major rock type
- Trachyte / Trachydacite
Geological summary
Mount Takahe is an isolated shield volcano in eastern Marie Byrd Land with an 8-km-wide summit caldera.
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From Wikipedia
Mount Takahe is a 3,460-metre-high (11,350 ft) snow-covered shield volcano in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, 200 kilometres (120 mi) from the Amundsen Sea. It is a c. 30-kilometre-wide (19 mi) mountain with parasitic vents and a caldera up to 8 kilometres (5 mi) wide. Most of the volcano is formed by trachytic lava flows, but hyaloclastite is also found. Snow, ice, and glaciers cover most of Mount Takahe. With a volume of 780 km3 (200 mi3), it is a massive volcano; the parts of the edifice that are buried underneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet are probably even larger. It is part of the West Antarctic Rift System along with 18 other known volcanoes.
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Eruption history
3 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 3
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 7050 BCE – 5550 BCE
- Largest confirmed eruption
- No VEI recorded
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Detailed timeline
- 5550 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate5550 BCE – end unknown
- 6250 BCE (±5400 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate6250 BCE – end unknown
- 7050 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate7050 BCE – end unknown
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