- Mount Melbourne
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Not to be confused with Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.For other uses, see Melbourne (disambiguation).
Mount Melbourne 
Mt. Melbourne seen from the ice-covered Ross Sea.Elevation 2,732 m (8,963 ft) Prominence 1,699 m (5,574 ft) Listing Ultra Location Location Victoria Land, Antarctica Coordinates 74°24′S 164°42′E / 74.4°S 164.7°E Geology Type Stratovolcano Age of rock Unknown Last eruption 1750 ± 100 years Mount Melbourne is a massive stratovolcano that makes up the projection of the coast between Wood Bay and Terra Nova Bay, in Victoria Land of Antarctica.
Discovered in 1841 by James Clark Ross, who named it for Lord Melbourne, British Prime Minister when the expedition was being planned.
Topographic map of Mount Melbourne (1:250,000 scale) from USGS Mount Melbourne
Mt. Melbourne is an active volcano and is undissected by glaciation. Many young cones dot the flanks and the volcano may have erupted as recently as during the 18-19th Century. Fumarolic activity is found on the southern rim of the summit crater and along a NNE-SSW line cutting through the summit region.
See also
Sources
- "Melbourne". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1900-015.
- LeMasurier, W. E.; Thomson, J. W. (eds.) (1990). Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. American Geophysical Union. p. 512 pp. ISBN 0-87590-172-7.
- "Amar Andalkar's Ski Mountaineering and Climbing Site. Skiing the Pacific Ring of Fire and Beyond". 1997–2007. http://www.skimountaineer.com/ROF/RingOfFire.html. Retrieved 2005-01-14.
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