Mount Overlord
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| Mount Overlord | |
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 Aerial view of Mount Overlord from the southwest |
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| Elevation | 3,395 metres (11,142 feet) |
| Location | Victoria Land, Antarctica |
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| Type | Stratovolcano |
Mount Overlord () is a very large mountain which is an extinct volcano, situated at the northwest limit of Deception Plateau, 50 miles inland from the Ross Sea and just east of the head of Aviator Glacier in Victoria Land. Its assymetrial cone is on the edge of a plateau above Aviator Glacier. While most of the cone is ice-covered, Mount Overlord does have a 1.2 mile (.8 kilometer) diameter caldera. Volcanic rocks from the western slope have been dated to about seven million years, so the volcano is thought to be extinct. It was so named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962-63, because it "overlords" lesser peaks in the area.
[edit] Sources
- Amar Andalkar's Ski Mountaineering and Climbing Site. Skiing the Pacific Ring of Fire and Beyond (1997–2007). Retrieved on 2005.
- This article is based on a United States Geological Survey gazetteer.
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