Alcyone Cone
| Alcyone Cone | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | The Pleiades , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ S , 165 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Type | Volcano (extinct) | |
| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Alcyone Cone (also incorrectly called Aleyone Cone ) is an extinct volcanic cone in the center of the Pleiades mountain range at the western head end of the Mariner Glacier in East Antarctica Victoria Land .
It was named by participants in a campaign carried out from 1971 to 1972 as part of New Zealand's Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions in the Evans Firnfield area after Alkione , the brightest star in the Pleiades star cluster .
Web links
- Alcyone Cone in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Alcyone Cone on geographic.org (English)