Quilty Cone
| Quilty Cone | ||
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| location | Heard ( Heard and McDonald Islands ) | |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 58 '59 " S , 73 ° 15' 35" E | |
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The Quilty Cone is a volcanic cone on the island of Heard in the archipelago of the Heard and McDonald Islands in the southern Indian Ocean . It is an offshoot of the Macey Cone on the Laurens Peninsula .
It is named after the Australian geologist Patrick Quilty (1939–2018), chief scientist of the Australian Antarctic Division for more than 18 years.
Web links
- Quilty Cone in the directory of the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)