Mountain type Shield volcano Mountain range Executive Committee Range | Elevation 3,292 m Parent range Executive Committee Range | |
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Location Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica Similar Mount Sidley, Mount Takahe, Toney Mountain, Mount Moulton, Mount Hampton | ||
Mount Waesche is a large and prominent mountain of volcanic origin, standing immediately SW of Mount Sidley and marking the southern end of the Executive Committee Range in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. The feature is snow-covered except for rock exposures on the south and southwestern slopes. The volcano may have been active as late as the Holocene (Lough et al. [2013] report an associated mid-ice ash layer with an age of approximately 8,000 years) and may be only presently dormant.
Map of Mount Waesche, Antarctica
Discovered by the United States Antarctic Service expedition on a flight, December 15, 1940, and named for V. Admiral Russell R. Waesche, United States Coast Guard, member of the Antarctic Service Executive Committee.
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