Marie Byrd Land Volcanic Province

Short description: Volcanic field in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica

Marie Byrd Land Volcanic Province

Marie Byrd Land Volcanic Province

Location in Antarctica

Highest point
Peak| Mount Sidley[1]
Elevation| 4,181 m (13,717 ft) [1]
Coordinates|  [ ⚑ ] : 77°02′S 126°06′W﻿ / ﻿77.04°S 126.10°W﻿ / -77.04; -126.10
Geography
Region| Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica
Geology
Formed by| Shield volcanoes, subglacial volcanoes
Age of rock| Eocene-to-Holocene

The Marie Byrd Land Volcanic Province is a volcanic field in northern Marie Byrd Land of West Antarctica, consisting of over 18 large shield volcanoes, 30 small volcanic centres and possibly many more centres buried under the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.[1][2] It overlies a 500 km (310 mi) wide and 800 km (500 mi) long dome that has formed as a result of fault blocking within the West Antarctic Rift System.[2]

Volcanism in the Marie Byrd Land Volcanic Province commenced at least 36 million years ago during the latest Eocene epoch.[1][3] This activity has continued into the current Holocene epoch, with the largest volcanic eruption in the last 10,000 years having possibly taken place about 2,300 years ago.[1]

## Volcanoes

* Ames Range
* Mount Andrus
* Mount Boennighausen
* Mount Kauffman
* Mount Kosciusko
* Crary Mountains
* Boyd Ridge
* Mount Frakes
* Mount Steere
* Mount Rees
* Executive Committee Range
* Mount Cumming
* Mount Hampton
* Mount Hartigan
* Mount Sidley
* Mount Waesche
* Flood Range
* Mount Berlin
* Mount Bursey
* Starbuck Crater
* Mount Moulton
* McCuddin Mountains
* Mount Petras
* Mount Flint
* Mount Murphy
* Mount Siple
* Mount Takahe
* Toney Mountain
* Downs Cone
* Ellis Cone

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Liggett, Daniela; Storey, Bryan; Cook, Yvonne; Meduna, Veronika (2015). Exploring the Last Continent: An Introduction to Antarctica. Springer. pp. 20, 21. ISBN 978-3-319-18946-8.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 LeMasurier, Wesley (2013). "Shield volcanoes of Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctic rift: oceanic island similarities, continental signature, and tectonic controls". Bulletin of Volcanology (Springer) 75 (6): 18. doi:10.1007/s00445-013-0726-1. ISSN 0258-8900. Bibcode: 2013BVol...75..726L.
3. ↑ Wilch, T.I.; McIntosh, W.C. (2000). "Eocene and Oligocene volcanism at Mount Petras, Marie Byrd Land: implications for middle Cenozoic ice sheet reconstructions in West Antarctica". Antarctic Science (Cambridge University Press) 12 (4): 477. doi:10.1017/S0954102000000560. ISSN 0007-0262. Bibcode: 2000AntSc..12..477W.

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