Parasite Cone
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 Map with Mount Overlord and the Parasite Cone (top, left of center) |
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| height | 2340 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Mountaineer Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ S , 164 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Parasite Cone (English for parasite cone ) is a 2340 m high volcanic cone in East Antarctic Victoria Land . As its name implies, it is a so-called parasitic secondary crater of Mount Overlord and rises in the Mountaineer Range at a distance of 10.5 km to the summit of Mount Overlord on its northwest flank.
The northern group of a campaign carried out from 1962 to 1963 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition gave it its descriptive name.
Web links
- Parasite Cone in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Parasite Cone on geographic.org (English)