The Pleiades (volcano group)

This article is about the volcano cones. For other uses of Pleiades, see Pleiades (disambiguation).

The Pleiades
The Pleiades is located in Antarctica
The Pleiades
The Pleiades
Location in Antarctica
Highest point
Elevation3,040 m (9,970 ft)[1]
Coordinates72°40′S 165°30′E / 72.67°S 165.50°E / -72.67; 165.50 (The Pleiades)[1]
Geography
LocationVictoria Land, Antarctica
Geology
Volcanic beltMcMurdo Volcanic Group
Last eruption1050 BCE ± 14,000 years[2]

The Pleiades are a volcanic group in northern Victoria Land of Antarctica. It consists of youthful cones and domes with Mount Atlas/Mount Pleiones, a small stratovolcano formed by three overlapping cones, being the dominant volcano and rising 500 m (1,600 ft) above the Evans Névé plateau. Two other named cones are Alcyone Cone and Taygete Cone, the latter of which has been radiometrically dated to have erupted during the Holocene. A number of tephra layers across Antarctica have been attributed to eruptions of this volcanic group, including several that may have occurred within the last few hundred years.

  1. ^ a b "The Pleiades". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. ^ "The Pleiades". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 15 October 2020., Eruption history