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[[File:Mount Bursey.jpg|350px|thumb|Map of Mount Bursey]] | [[File:Mount Bursey.jpg|350px|thumb|Map of Mount Bursey]] | ||
'''Mount Bursey''' is a broad, ice-covered mountain, 2,780 meters (9,120 ft) high, which forms the eastern end of the [[Flood Range]] in [[Westarctica]] | '''Mount Bursey''' is a broad, ice-covered mountain, 2,780 meters (9,120 ft) high, which forms the eastern end of the [[Flood Range]] in [[Westarctica]]. | ||
==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
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Mount Bursey consists of two coalescing shield volcanoes, namely Hutt Peak and Koerner Bluff. Each shield contains a 4–5 km (2.5–3.1 mi) diameter caldera at its summit. Potassium–argon dating has indicated both shields formed during the Miocene epoch, with volcanism at Hutt Peak occurring as recently as 0.49 million years ago. | Mount Bursey consists of two coalescing shield volcanoes, namely Hutt Peak and Koerner Bluff. Each shield contains a 4–5 km (2.5–3.1 mi) diameter caldera at its summit. Potassium–argon dating has indicated both shields formed during the Miocene epoch, with volcanism at Hutt Peak occurring as recently as 0.49 million years ago. | ||
Starbuck Crater is a volcanic cone on the mountain. | Starbuck Crater is a volcanic cone on the mountain and [[Heaps Rock]] is an exposed rock near Bursey's peak. | ||
==Peerage title== | ==Peerage title== | ||