Taygete Cone
| Taygete Cone | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | The Pleiades , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ S , 165 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Type | Volcano (extinct) | |
The Taygete Cone is an extinct volcanic cone in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises northeast of the Alcyone Cone in the northern part of the mountain range The Pleiades .
Scientists in a 1971 to 1972 campaign as part of New Zealand's Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions named it after Taygeta , a star in the Pleiades star cluster .
Web links
- Taygete Cone in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Taygete Cone on geographic.org (English)