Mount Hartigan
| Mount Hartigan | ||
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 Mount Hartigan (center) in the Executive Committee Range (satellite image) |
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| height | 2815 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Executive Committee Range | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ S , 126 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Type | Shield volcano , extinct | |
| Age of the rock | Messinium to Tortonium | |
| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Hartigan is an expansive, mainly snow-covered shield volcano with a few individually named secondary peaks in Marie-Byrd-Land .
The mountain was formed about 6 to 8.5 million years ago. It rises 2,815 m just north of Mount Sidley in the Executive Committee Range .
Scientists of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) discovered it during an overflight on December 15, 1940. It is named after Rear Admiral Charles Conway Hartigan (1882–1942) of the United States Navy , member of the Executive Committee of the United States Antarctic Service
Web links
- Mount Hartigan in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Hartigan on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Amanda C. Lough et al .: Seismic detection of an active subglacial magmatic complex in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica . In: Nature Geoscience . tape 6 , November 17, 2013, p. 1031–1035 , doi : 10.1038 / ngeo1992 (English, freely available online from Washington University in St. Louis [PDF; 952 kB ]).