Mount Atlas

Mount Atlas
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height	3040 m
location	Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Mountains	The Pleiades , Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates	72 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ S , 165 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E Coordinates: 72 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ S , 165 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E
Type	Stratovolcano , extinguished

Mount Atlas is an extinct volcano in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises on the northeast side of Mount Pleiones in the group The Pleiades and is its highest peak with a height of 3040 m .

The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after Atlas , a titan from Greek mythology.

Web links

Mount Atlas in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
Mount Atlas on geographic.org (English)

Individual evidence

^ Philip R. Kyle: Volcanic geology of the Pleiades, Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica . Ohio State University, Institute of Polar Studies, Columbus 1982 (English, freely available online through researchgate.net ).

[1] Philip R. Kyle: Volcanic geology of the Pleiades, Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica . Ohio State University, Institute of Polar Studies, Columbus 1982 (English, freely available online through researchgate.net ).