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Mount Bursey

Mount Bursey

Mountain in Antarctica

Mount Bursey is a broad, ice-covered mountain, 2,780 metres (9,120 ft) high, which forms the eastern end of the Flood Range in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

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It was discovered by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) on aerial flights in 1940, and named for Jacob Bursey, member of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928–30) and dog-driver with the USAS party which sledged to the west end of the Flood Range in December 1940.[1]

Volcanism

Mount Bursey consists of two coalescing shield volcanoes, namely Hutt Peak and Koerner Bluff. Each shield contains a 4–5 km (2.5–3.1 mi) diameter caldera at its summit. Potassium–argon dating has indicated both shields formed during the Miocene epoch, with volcanism at Hutt Peak occurring as recently as 0.49 million years ago.[2]

Starbuck Crater is a volcanic cone on the mountain.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Mount Bursey". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
  2. [2]
    "Mount Bursey". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2016-04-27.

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