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Melville Peak

Melville

Estratovolcán · Antarctica · 549 m

Melville is located on the southern peninsula at the east end of King George Island, Antarctica, in the area shown in this 19 January 2020 Sentinel-2 satellite image (N is at the top; this image is approximately 9 km across).
Melville is located on the southern peninsula at the east end of King George Island, Antarctica, in the area shown in this 19 January 2020 Sentinel-2 satellite image (N is at the top; this image is approximately 9 km across). · Foto: Satellite image courtesy of Copernicus Sentinel Data, 2020.
Tipo
Estratovolcán
País
Antarctica
Región
Antarctic-Scotia Volcanic Regions / South Shetlands Volcanic Arc
Altitud
549 m
Coordenadas
-62.020, -57.670
Última erupción
Desconocido
Contexto tectónico
Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Forma volcánica
Composite
Resumen geológico

Melville Peak is an eroded stratovolcano on NE King George Island with a summit crater. No radiocarbon dates are available, but an ash layer found 30 km away in a NE Bransfield Strait marine sediment core with compositional similarity to Melville Peak suggests possible Holocene activity within the past few thousand years.

Resumen de Wikipedia

Resumen en inglés

Melville Peak is a prominent peak surmounting Cape Melville, the eastern cape of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands off Antarctica. It represents an eroded stratovolcano of unknown age and contains a volcanic crater at its summit. A volcanic ash layer similar in composition to Melville Peak has been identified 30 km (19 mi) away from the volcano and may indicate Melville Peak has been volcanically active in the last few thousand years.

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