Lars Christensen Summit
| Lars Christensen Peak | ||
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| height | 1640 m | |
| location | Peter I Island | |
| Coordinates | 68 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ S , 90 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Type | Shield volcano | |
The Lars Christensen Peak ( English Lars Christensen Peak , Norwegian Lars Christensentoppen ) is at 1640 m the highest point on Peter I Island off the coast of Antarctica .
The summit is a shield volcano . Rocks ejected by him have been dated to an age of 100,000 to 350,000 years. The summit, hardly changed by erosion, with its 100-meter-wide crater gives rise to the assumption that parts of the volcano could only have formed since the Holocene .
Namesake is Lars Christensen , the ship owner of the SS Odd I , a whaler who sailed around the island in January 1927.
Web links
- Lars Christensen Summit on Peakbagger.com (English)
- Peter I Island in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)