Vulcano di Fango Tergeste
| Vulcano di Fango Tergeste | ||
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| height | 680 m below sea level | |
| location | Ross Sea | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 56 '50 " S , 165 ° 24' 58" O | |
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| Type | Mud volcano | |
The Vulcano di Fango Tergeste is an elliptical deep-sea mountain , specifically a mud volcano 680 m below sea level with a northwest-southeast orientation, off the Scott coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located 46 km south-southeast of the Drygalski ice tongue and 85 km west-northwest of Franklin Island .
Scientists from an OGS Explora research expedition from OGS Trieste , carried out between 2005 and 2006, discovered it. Italian scientists named it after the asteroid (478) Tergeste .
Web links
- Tergeste, Vulcano di fango in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)