Earth and Environment Atlas

How The Planet Works
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Geological Formation

Mount Berlin

Volcanic Formations

Mount Berlin stands in the Flood Range of Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica, about 100 kilometers inland from the Hobbs Coast, and at 3,478 meters is the highest volcano in that range. It is a composite structure of two coalesced volcanic centers, Berlin proper with a 2-kilometer-wide summit crater and, 3.5 kilometers away, Merrem Peak with a smaller 2.5-by-1-kilometer crater, together spanning about 20 kilometers and holding a combined volume of roughly 200 cubic kilometers. The volcano is built mainly of trachyte lava flows and pyroclastic rock, with lesser amounts of comendite, pantellerite and phonolite. It began erupting during the Pliocene and remained active through the late Pleistocene and into the Holocene, with its most recent eruption dated to roughly 10,300 years ago; fumarolic ice towers on its surface show it remains geothermally active today. This entity documents Mount Berlin specifically as a geological formation, a composite Antarctic volcano of coalesced trachyte cones still fumarolically active.

Facts
Classification
Protected Status
International Treaty Protected Area 1
Activity
Dormant 2
Connections

Associated With

Holocene, Eras
Source Mount Berlin (Wikipedia)
Pleistocene, Eras
Source Mount Berlin (Wikipedia)
Pliocene, Eras
Source Mount Berlin (Wikipedia)
Trachyte, Materials
Source Mount Berlin (Wikipedia)

Caused By

Orogeny, Processes

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Mount Berlin
Volcanism, Processes
Source Mount Berlin (Wikipedia)

In Discipline

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Mount Berlin
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty: Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
Secretariat of the Antarctic TreatyArticle 2
Quote, Article 2
It designates Antarctica as a “natural reserve, devoted to peace and science” (Art. 2).
View the Source
2. Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Volcanoes of the World, Holocene volcanoes service
Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism ProgramVolcanoes of the World, volcano 390022
Quote, Volcanoes of the World, volcano 390022
"Volcano_Name": "Berlin" ... "Last_Eruption_Year": -8350
View the Source
Wikidata: Mount Berlin
Wikidata Q645451, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Mount Berlin (Wikipedia)
  • Associated With: Trachyte, Lead paragraph
    Trachyte is the dominant volcanic rock and occurs in the form of lava flows and pyroclastic rocks.
  • Associated With: Pliocene, Lead, age Pliocene
    The volcano began erupting during the Pliocene and was active into the late Pleistocene and the Holocene.
  • Associated With: Pleistocene, Lead, age Pleistocene
    The volcano began erupting during the Pliocene and was active into the late Pleistocene and the Holocene.
  • Associated With: Holocene, Lead, age Holocene
    The volcano began erupting during the Pliocene and was active into the late Pleistocene and the Holocene.
  • Associated With: Trachyte, Lead, rock Trachyte
    It is part of the Marie Byrd Land Volcanic Province. Trachyte is the dominant volcanic rock and occurs in the form of lava flows and pyroclastic rocks.
  • Caused By: Volcanism, Lead, process Volcanism
    The volcano began erupting during the Pliocene and was active into the late Pleistocene and the Holocene.
View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.