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==Name== | ==Name== | ||
Mount Berlin was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Leonard M. Berlin, leader of the United States Antarctic Program party which sledged to this mountain in December 1940. | Mount Berlin was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names for Leonard M. Berlin, leader of the United States Antarctic Program party which sledged to this mountain in December 1940. | ||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
Mount Berlin is 3,478 meters (11,411 ft) high and lies in Marie Byrd Land. It is the highest volcano in the [[Flood Range]] and the most impressive as well. [[Mount Moulton]] lies 30 kilometers (19 mi) farther east, it is a 40 kilometers (25 mi) long volcanic mountain range with ages of 5.3 million years ago. Mount Berlin lies 100 kilometers (62 mi) away from the coast. The volcano protrudes from the [[West Antarctic Ice Sheet]] and is itself covered with ice in its summit area. | Mount Berlin is 3,478 meters (11,411 ft) high and lies in [[Marie Byrd Land]]. It is the highest volcano in the [[Flood Range]] and the most impressive as well. [[Mount Moulton]] lies 30 kilometers (19 mi) farther east, it is a 40 kilometers (25 mi) long volcanic mountain range with ages of 5.3 million years ago. Mount Berlin lies 100 kilometers (62 mi) away from the coast. The volcano protrudes from the [[West Antarctic Ice Sheet]] and is itself covered with ice in its summit area. | ||
Mount Berlin belongs to a group of large volcanoes in West Antarctica, together with [[Mount Takahe]]. A number of other volcanoes may exist there as well but do not extend above the ice sheets. | Mount Berlin belongs to a group of large volcanoes in West Antarctica, together with [[Mount Takahe]]. A number of other volcanoes may exist there as well but do not extend above the ice sheets. | ||