Mount Hampton

Mount Hampton
The caldera of Mt. Hampton viewed from the northwest.
Highest point
Elevation3,323 m (10,902 ft)
Coordinates76°29′0″S 125°48′0″W / 76.48333°S 125.80000°W / -76.48333; -125.80000[1]
Geography
Parent rangeExecutive Committee Range
Geology
Mountain typeShield volcano
Volcanic fieldMarie Byrd Land Volcanic Province

Mount Hampton[a] is a shield volcano with a circular ice-filled caldera. It is a twin volcano with Whitney Peak to the northwest and has erupted phonolite rocks. It is the northernmost of the volcanoes which comprise the Executive Committee Range in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica and was active during the Miocene.

  1. ^ GNIS
  2. ^ LeMasurier and Thompson, 1990, p.193
  3. ^ Wilch, McIntosh and Panter 2021, p.520


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