⛵ Roper Point

Antarctica · Antarctica · 76.32°S, 112.90°W

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Roper Point
Mount Takahe is a 3,460-metre-high (11,350 ft) snow-covered shield volcano in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, 200 kilometres (120 mi) from the Amundsen Sea. It is a c. 30-kilometre-wide (19 mi) mountain with parasitic vents and a caldera up to 8 kilometres (5 mi) wide. Most of the volcano is formed by trachytic lava flows, but hyaloclastite is also found. Snow, ice, and glaciers cover most of Mount Takahe. With a volume of 780 km3 (200 mi3), it is a massive volcano; the parts of the edifice that are buried underneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet are probably even larger. It is part of the West Antarctic Rift System along with 18 other known volcanoes.

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CountryAntarctica
Continent / regionAntarctica
Coordinates (approx.)76.32°S, 112.90°W · view on map

Roper Point is located in Antarctica, in Antarctica.

More peninsulas in Antarctica

Adare Peninsula · Agüedo Point · Agüero Point · Akra Peninsula · Albena Peninsula · Alfatar Peninsula · Allison Peninsula · Amphibolite Point · Anderson Peninsula · Antarctic Peninsula.

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