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Icefall Formation. Gaseous explosions produced fragments and agglomerates, and there are
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to the south; two outcrops form the vents of the volcano. The older vent forms the highest point of
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BIRKENMAJER, K; KELLER, R.A (1990). "Pleistocene age of the
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was taking place west of the South Shetland Islands, forming a
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508:List of volcanoes in Antarctica
378:, volcanoes that have produced
289:The volcano has been eroded by
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603:Damien Gildea (4 March 2015).
481:The volcano was active in the
405:and basaltic rocks containing
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353:Cape Melville Formation
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245:South Shetland Islands
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309:. During the late
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193:King George Island
132:King George Island
69:Highest point
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552:2018-01-18
537:"Melville"
514:References
483:Quaternary
334:Cretaceous
303:subduction
264:lava flows
249:Antarctica
229:Ken Pawson
136:Antarctica
58:Antarctica
1228:0718-7106
1193:0012-821X
1127:0895-9811
1065:0239-7277
1044:0001-4109
942:Fisk 1990
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427:aphanitic
338:andesitic
276:Lava Crag
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195:, in the
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415:alkaline
342:basaltic
326:basement
311:Cenozoic
291:glaciers
128:Location
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387:rifting
383:basalts
380:olivine
361:Miocene
349:faulted
297:Geology
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