Mount Melbourne

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Mount Melbourne is a large stratovolcano in Antarctica’s Victoria Land, rising prominently along the western shore of the Ross Sea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain
stratovolcano
volcano
country Antarctica
elevation 2733 metres
8970 feet
geologicalAge Quaternary
hasActivityType fumarolic
ice tower formation
hasFeature fumarolic activity
fumarolic ice towers
ice-covered summit
lava domes
pyroclastic cones
satellite cinder cones
hasGlacierOnFlanks Aviator Glacier
Campbell Glacier
isMonitoredFor volcanic activity
isPartOf Ross Sea
surface form: Ross Sea sector of Antarctica
lastEruption Holocene
latitude approximately 74.35°S
locatedIn Victoria Land
locatedInRegion Borchgrevink Coast
locatedNear Ross Sea
locatedOnCoastOf Ross Sea
locatedOnContinent Antarctica
longitude approximately 164.70°E
mountainRange Transantarctic Mountains
namedAfter Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne
surface form: Viscount Melbourne
namedBy British expedition
nearbyFacility Jang Bogo Station
Mario Zucchelli Station
overlooks Terra Nova Bay
prominence highly prominent coastal volcano
region northern Victoria Land
surfaceCondition largely ice-covered
tectonicSetting West Antarctic Rift System
volcanicField McMurdo Volcanic Group
volcanoType stratovolcano

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Ross Dependency (New Zealand Antarctic territory) contains Mount Melbourne
subject surface form: Ross Dependency