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48 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Antarctica, Augite, Basalt, Basement (geology), Benmoreite, Byrd Station, Caldera, Cinder cone, Cirque, Comendite, Cretaceous, Devonian, Feldspar, Felsic, Graben, Granite, Hawaiite, Holocene, Hotspot (geology), Igneous intrusion, Kohler Range, Latite, Magma chamber, Marie Byrd Land, Marie Byrd Land Volcanic Province, Massif, Mount Takahe, Mount Waesche, Olivine, Paleozoic, Parasitic cone, Phenocryst, Plagioclase, Pyroxene, Quaternary, Retreat of glaciers since 1850, Richard E. Byrd, Sentinel Range, Shield volcano, Ultra-prominent peak, United States Antarctic Program, United States Geological Survey, Volcanic ash, Volcanic crater, Volcanic plateau, West Antarctic Rift System, Wisconsin glaciation.
- Calderas of Antarctica
- Shield volcanoes of Antarctica
- Volcanoes of Marie Byrd Land
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.
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Antarctica
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.
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Augite
Augite, also known as Augurite, is a common rock-forming pyroxene mineral with formula.
Basalt
Basalt is an aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the surface of a rocky planet or moon.
Basement (geology)
In geology, basement and crystalline basement are crystalline rocks lying above the mantle and beneath all other rocks and sediments.
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Benmoreite
Benmoreite is a volcanic rock of intermediate composition.
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Byrd Station
The Byrd Station is a former research station established by the United States during the International Geophysical Year by U.S. Navy Seabees during Operation Deep Freeze II in West Antarctica.
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Caldera
A caldera is a large cauldron-like hollow that forms shortly after the emptying of a magma chamber in a volcanic eruption.
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Cinder cone
A cinder cone (or scoria cone) is a steep conical hill of loose pyroclastic fragments, such as volcanic clinkers, volcanic ash, or scoria that has been built around a volcanic vent.
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Cirque
A (from the Latin word) is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion.
Comendite
Comendite is a hard, peralkaline igneous rock, a type of light blue grey rhyolite.
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Cretaceous
The Cretaceous is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya).
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Devonian
The Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era during the Phanerozoic eon, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the preceding Silurian period at million years ago (Ma), to the beginning of the succeeding Carboniferous period at Ma.
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Feldspar
Feldspar (sometimes spelled felspar) is a group of rock-forming aluminium tectosilicate minerals, also containing other cations such as sodium, calcium, potassium, or barium.
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Felsic
In geology, felsic is a modifier describing igneous rocks that are relatively rich in elements that form feldspar and quartz.
Graben
In geology, a graben is a depressed block of the crust of a planet or moon, bordered by parallel normal faults.
Granite
Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.
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Hawaiite
Hawaiite is an olivine basalt with a composition between alkali basalt and mugearite.
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Holocene
The Holocene is the current geological epoch, beginning approximately 11,700 years ago.
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Hotspot (geology)
In geology, hotspots (or hot spots) are volcanic locales thought to be fed by underlying mantle that is anomalously hot compared with the surrounding mantle.
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Igneous intrusion
In geology, an igneous intrusion (or intrusive body or simply intrusion) is a body of intrusive igneous rock that forms by crystallization of magma slowly cooling below the surface of the Earth.
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Kohler Range
Kohler Range is a mountain range in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.
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Latite
Latite is an igneous, volcanic rock, with aphanitic-aphyric to aphyric-porphyritic texture.
Magma chamber
A magma chamber is a large pool of liquid rock beneath the surface of the Earth.
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Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land (MBL) is an unclaimed region of Antarctica.
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Marie Byrd Land Volcanic Province
The Marie Byrd Land Volcanic Province is a volcanic field in northern Marie Byrd Land of West Antarctica, consisting of over 18 large shield volcanoes, 30 small volcanic centres and possibly many more centres buried under the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Toney Mountain and Marie Byrd Land Volcanic Province are volcanoes of Marie Byrd Land.
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Massif
A massif is a principal mountain mass, such as a compact portion of a mountain range, containing one or more summits (e.g. France's Massif Central).
Mount Takahe
Mount Takahe is a snow-covered shield volcano in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, from the Amundsen Sea. Toney Mountain and Mount Takahe are calderas of Antarctica, Pleistocene shield volcanoes, Polygenetic shield volcanoes, shield volcanoes of Antarctica and volcanoes of Marie Byrd Land.
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Mount Waesche
Mount Waesche is a mountain of volcanic origin at the southern end of the Executive Committee Range in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Toney Mountain and mount Waesche are Polygenetic shield volcanoes, shield volcanoes of Antarctica and volcanoes of Marie Byrd Land.
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Olivine
The mineral olivine is a magnesium iron silicate with the chemical formula.
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Paleozoic
The Paleozoic (or Palaeozoic) Era is the first of three geological eras of the Phanerozoic Eon.
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Parasitic cone
A parasitic cone (also adventive cone or satellite cone) is the cone-shaped accumulation of volcanic material not part of the central vent of a volcano.
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Phenocryst
Swiss side of the Mont Blanc massif, has large white phenocrysts of plagioclase (that have trapezoid shapes when cut through). 1 euro coin (diameter 2.3 cm) for scale. A phenocryst is an early forming, relatively large and usually conspicuous crystal distinctly larger than the grains of the rock groundmass of an igneous rock.
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Plagioclase
Plagioclase is a series of tectosilicate (framework silicate) minerals within the feldspar group.
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Pyroxene
The pyroxenes (commonly abbreviated Px) are a group of important rock-forming inosilicate minerals found in many igneous and metamorphic rocks.
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Quaternary
The Quaternary is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS).
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Retreat of glaciers since 1850
The retreat of glaciers since 1850 is well documented and is one of the effects of climate change.
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Richard E. Byrd
Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957), an American naval officer, was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics.
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Sentinel Range
The Sentinel Range is a major mountain range situated northward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the northern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica.
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Shield volcano
A shield volcano is a type of volcano named for its low profile, resembling a shield lying on the ground.
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Ultra-prominent peak
An ultra-prominent peak, or ultra for short, is a mountain summit with a topographic prominence of or more; it is also called a P1500.
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United States Antarctic Program
The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has a presence in the Antarctica continent.
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United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.
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Volcanic ash
Volcanic ash consists of fragments of rock, mineral crystals, and volcanic glass, produced during volcanic eruptions and measuring less than 2 mm (0.079 inches) in diameter.
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Volcanic crater
A volcanic crater is an approximately circular depression in the ground caused by volcanic activity.
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Volcanic plateau
A volcanic plateau is a plateau produced by volcanic activity.
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West Antarctic Rift System
The West Antarctic Rift System is a series of rift valleys between East and West Antarctica.
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Wisconsin glaciation
The Wisconsin glaciation, also called the Wisconsin glacial episode, was the most recent glacial period of the North American ice sheet complex, peaking more than 20,000 years ago.
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See also
Calderas of Antarctica
- Coulman Island
- Deception Island
- Kemp Caldera
- Mount Andrus
- Mount Berlin
- Mount Bursey
- Mount Kauffman
- Mount Rittmann
- Mount Sidley
- Mount Siple
- Mount Takahe
- Toney Mountain
Shield volcanoes of Antarctica
- Adare Peninsula
- Ames Range
- Coulman Island
- Crary Mountains
- Daniell Peninsula
- Deception Island
- Franklin Island (Antarctica)
- Hallett Peninsula
- Mount Andrus
- Mount Berlin
- Mount Bird
- Mount Haddington
- Mount Morning
- Mount Moulton
- Mount Murphy
- Mount Rees (Marie Byrd Land)
- Mount Sidley
- Mount Takahe
- Mount Terra Nova
- Mount Terror (Antarctica)
- Mount Waesche
- Peter I Island
- Toney Mountain
Volcanoes of Marie Byrd Land
- Ames Range
- Crary Mountains
- Executive Committee Range
- Flood Range
- Marie Byrd Land Volcanic Province
- McCuddin Mountains
- Mount Andrus
- Mount Berlin
- Mount Bursey
- Mount Hampton
- Mount Kauffman
- Mount Moulton
- Mount Murphy
- Mount Obiglio
- Mount Petras
- Mount Rees (Marie Byrd Land)
- Mount Sidley
- Mount Siple
- Mount Takahe
- Mount Waesche
- Toney Mountain
References
Also known as Boeger Peak, Cox Bluff (Antarctica), Creehan Cliff, Davey Peak, Downs Cone, Ellis Cone, Gillett Nunataks, Nicholson Rock, Richmond Peak, Roberts Cirque, Scudder Peak, Spitz Ridge, Williamson Ridge, Zurn Peak.