Bursey Volcano
Updated: Apr 18, 2024 11:00 GMT -
Shield(s) 2787 m / 9144 ft
Antarctica, -76°S / -132.67°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Antarctica, -76°S / -132.67°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Bursey volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background
Two coalescing shield volcanoes with 4-5 km diameter summit calderas, Hutt Peak on the east and Koerner Bluff on the west, form Mount Bursey. Potassium-Argon dates indicate both volcanoes were constructed during the Miocene; the youngest dated rock is 0.49 million years old, from a parasitic cone vent on the Hutt Peak caldera rim (LeMasurier and Thomson, 1990).---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information