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Taylor Valley Volcano

Updated: Mar 28, 2024 15:14 GMT -
Pyroclastic cone(s) 1489 m / 4885 ft
Antarctica, -77.75°S / 161.53°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Taylor Valley volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)

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Background

Taylor Valley contains numerous basaltic cinder cones, the youngest of which is Potassium-Argon dated 1.57 million years ago. Similar Pliocene volcanism took place in the Wright Valley to the north (LeMasurier and Thomson 1990).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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