Mount Atlas
| Mount Atlas | ||
|---|---|---|
| Höhe | 3040 m | |
| Lage | Viktorialand, Ostantarktika | |
| Gebirge | The Pleiades, Transantarktisches Gebirge | |
| Koordinaten | 72° 44′ 0″ S, 165° 30′ 0″ O | |
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| Typ | Schichtvulkan, erloschen | |
Mount Atlas ist ein erloschener Vulkan im ostantarktischen Viktorialand. Er ragt an der Nordostseite des Mount Pleiones in der Gruppe The Pleiades auf und ist mit einer Höhe von 3040 m deren höchster Gipfel.[1]
Das New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee benannte ihn nach Atlas, einem Titanen aus der griechischen Mythologie.
Weblinks
- Mount Atlas. In: Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior, archiviert vom (englisch).
- Mount Atlas auf geographic.org (englisch)
Einzelnachweise
- ↑ Philip R. Kyle: Volcanic geology of the Pleiades, Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Ohio State University, Institute of Polar Studies, Columbus 1982 (englisch, online frei verfügbar durch researchgate.net).
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