Mount Overlord
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| height | 3396 m | |
| location | Viktorialand , Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ S , 164 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Type | Stratovolcano , extinguished | |
The Mount Overlord is an extinct stratovolcano in Victoria Land in the Antarctic .
The very extensive, 3396 high mountain lies on the border of the Deception Plateau and exactly to the east of the upper end of the Aviator Glacier . Its summit is occupied by a caldera almost 2 km wide . The rocks of the mountain have been dated to an age of approximately 7 million years; the volcano is therefore believed to have been extinct for a long time. Mount Overlord was named by the northern subgroup of a campaign carried out from 1962 to 1963 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition because it "ruled" the other, lower mountains in its vicinity (English overlord - overlord).
Web links
- Antarctica Detail - Mount Overlord in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey .
- Skiing the Pacific Ring of Fire and Beyond: Mount Overlord. In: skimountaineer.com. Amar Andalkar (English).