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Mount Harcourt

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Mountain type
  
Stratovolcano

Elevation
  
1,571 m

Volcanic arc/belt
  
Hallett Peninsula

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Location
  
Hallett Peninsula, Antarctica

Age of rock
  
Oldest dated rock: 5.5 and 6.6 million years

Similar
  
Mount Andrus, Mount Moulton, Mount Takahe, Mount Hampton, Mount Berlin

Mount Harcourt is a stratovolcano making up part of the Hallett Peninsula extending into the Ross Sea about 375 mi (604 km) south of Mount Erebus, along with three overlapping shield volcanoes. Two dates have been obtained from the volcano's rock, roughly 5.5 and 6.6 million years in age. These samples are alkalic in composition. The volcano is known to be a site of Boscoia sudpolaris.

Map of Mount Harcourt, Antarctica

References

Mount Harcourt Wikipedia