Gaussberg

Gaussberg
Gaussberg in 1912
Highest point
Elevation373 m (1,224 ft)[1]
ListingList of volcanoes in Antarctica
Coordinates66°48′S 089°11′E / 66.800°S 89.183°E / -66.800; 89.183[2]
Geography
Gaussberg is located in Antarctica
Gaussberg
Gaussberg
Geology
Mountain typeVolcanic cone

Gaussberg (or Schwarzen Berg,[3] Mount Gauss) is an extinct, 370-metre-high (1,210-foot) high volcanic cone in East Antarctica fronting on Davis Sea immediately west of Posadowsky Glacier. It is ice-free and conical in nature, having formed subglacially about 55,000 years ago. The current edifice is thought to be the remains of a once-larger mountain that has been reduced by glacial and subaerial erosion. The volcano has produced lamproite magmas, and is the youngest volcano to have produced such magmas on Earth.

  1. ^ Mitchell & Bergman 1991, p. 131.
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