Mount Sidley

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Mount Sidley is a massive, mostly ice-covered volcanic mountain in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, and one of the continent’s highest and most remote peaks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain
shield volcano
stratovolcano
calderaDiameter about 5 km
composition trachytic to phonolitic lavas
country Antarctica (no sovereign nation) NERFINISHED
coveredBy ice
discoveredBy Richard Evelyn Byrd NERFINISHED
discoveryDate 1934
elevation 13716 ft
4181 m
firstAscent January 11, 1990
firstAscentBy Bill Atkinson NERFINISHED
New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme party NERFINISHED
geologicalAge Cenozoic
governedBy Antarctic Treaty System
hasAccess usually accessed by ski-equipped aircraft from Union Glacier or similar Antarctic bases
hasClimbingStatus rarely climbed
hasFeature large caldera
hasListing Ultra-prominent peak
Volcanic Seven Summits NERFINISHED
hasNearbyVolcano Mount Hampton NERFINISHED
Mount Waesche NERFINISHED
hasResearchInterest Antarctic geology
glaciology
volcanology
isAmong one of the highest peaks in Antarctica
isHighest highest peak of the Executive Committee Range
highest volcano in Antarctica
isHoloceneActive uncertain
isIceCovered mostly
isPartOf West Antarctic Rift System NERFINISHED
isRemote true
isUltra true
isUninhabited true
lastEruption Pleistocene
latitude approximately 77.03°S
locatedIn Antarctica
Marie Byrd Land NERFINISHED
locatedOnContinent Antarctica NERFINISHED
longitude approximately 126.10°W
mountainRange Executive Committee Range NERFINISHED
namedAfter Mabel Sidley NERFINISHED
nameEtymology named for the daughter of William Horlick, a sponsor of Byrd’s expedition
partOf Executive Committee Range NERFINISHED
prominence about 3000 m
volcanicField Executive Committee Range volcanic province NERFINISHED
volcanoType polygenetic shield volcano

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