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List of volcanoes in Antarctica

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This is a list of volcanoes in Antarctica.

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A 2017 study claimed to have found 138 volcanoes, of which 91 were previously unknown. Some volcanoes are entirely under the ice sheet.[1][2] Unconfirmed volcanoes are not included in the table below.

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NameElevationLocationLast known eruption
metersfeetCoordinates
Mount Abbott[3]1,020[4]3,346[4]74°42′S 163°50′E[4]
Adare Peninsula[5]2,083[5]6,832[5]71°40′S 170°30′E[6]Pleistocene[5]
Mount Andrus[7]2,978[7]9,768[7]75°48′S 132°14′W[8]Unknown[7]
Argo Point[9]360[9]1,181[9]66°15′S 60°55′W[10]0.9 Ma[9]
Beaufort Island[11]740[11]2,427[11]76°56′S 166°56′E[12]Unknown[11]
Mount Berlin[13]3,478[13]11,408[13]76°03′S 135°52′W[14]8350 BCE ± 5300 years[13]
Mount Bird1,765[15]5,791[15]77°16′S 166°44′E[15]4.6-3.8 Ma
Black Island[16]1,041[16]3,414[16]78°12′S 166°25′E[17]1.69 Ma[16]
Bridgeman Island[18]240[18]787[18]62°04′S 56°44′W[19]Unknown[18]
Brown Bluff[20]745[20]2,444[20]63°32′S 56°55′W[20]
Brown Peak[21]1,167[21]3,828[21]67°25′S 164°35′E[22]Unknown[21]
Mount Bursey[23]2,787[23]9,141[23]76°01′S 132°38′W[24]0.49 Ma[23]
Coulman Island[25]1,998[25]6,553[25]73°28′S 169°45′E[26]-
Daniell Peninsula[25]2,026[25]6,647[25]72°50′S 169°35′E[27]-
Deception Island[28]602[28]1,975[28]62°57′S 60°38′W[29]1970[28]
Mount Discovery[30]2,578[30]8,456[30]78°22′S 165°01′E[31]1.87 Ma[30]
Mount Erebus[32]3,794[32]12,444[32]77°31′S 167°09′E[33]2018[32]
Mount Frakes[34]3,654[34]11,985[34]76°48′S 117°42′W[35]1.7 Ma[34]
Franklin Island[36]247[36]810[36]76°05′S 168°19′E[37]Pleistocene[36]
Gaussberg[38]370[38]1,214[38]66°48′S 89°11′E[39]Pleistocene[38]
Mount Haddington[40]1,630[40]5,346[40]64°13′S 57°38′W[41]Unknown[40]
Hallett Peninsula[25]1,770[25]5,810[25]72°30′S 170°10′E[42]
Mount Hampton3,325[43]10,909[43]76°29′S 125°48′W[43]-
Hudson Mountains[44]749[44]2,457[44]74°25′S 99°30′W[45]210 BCE ± 200 years[44]
Lars Christensen Peak[46]1,640[46]5,379[46]68°46′S 90°31′W[47]Unknown[46]
Mount Melbourne[48]2,732[48]8,961[48]74°21′S 164°42′E[49]1892 ± 30 years[48]
Melville Peak[50]549[50]1,801[50]62°01′S 57°41′W[51]Unknown[50]
Mount Morning[52]2,723[52]8,931[52]78°31′S 163°35′E[53]Unknown[52]
Mount Moulton3,070[54]10,072[54]76°03′S 135°08′W[54]-
Mount Murphy[55]2,703[55]8,866[55]75°20′S 110°44′W[56]0.9 Ma[55]
Mount Overlord3,395[57]11,138[57]73°10′S 164°36′E[57]-
Paulet Island[58]353[58]1,158[58]63°35′S 55°47′W[59]Unknown[58]
Penguin Island[60]180[60]590[60]62°06′S 57°54′W[61]1905 (?)[60]
The Pleiades[62]3,040[62]9,971[62]72°42′S 165°32′E[63]1050 BC ± 1000 years[62]
Red Island[64]495[64]1,624[64]63°44′S 57°52′W[64]
Mount Rittmann[65]2,600[65]8,530[65]73.45°S 165.5°E / -73.45; 165.5 (Mount Rittmann)[65]1252 ± 2 years[66]
Rosamel Island[67]2,600[67]8,530[67]78°10′S 162°40′E[67]
Royal Society Range[68]3,000[68]9,840[68]78°10′S 162°40′E[69]Unknown[68]
Seal Nunataks[70]368[70]1,207[70]65°03′S 60°18′W[71]Unknown[70]
Mount Sidley4,285[72]14,058[72]77°02′S 126°06′W[72]-
Mount Siple[73]3,110[73]10,201[73]73°15′S 126°06′W[74]Unknown[73]
Mount Steere[34]3,500[75]11,482[75]76°44′S 117°49′W[75]-
Mount Takahe[76]3,460[76]11,349[76]76°17′S 112°05′W[77]5550 BCE (?)[76]
Mount Terra Nova[78]2,130[79]6,988[79]77°31′S 167°57′W[79]0.8 Ma[78]
Mount Terror[78]3,262[78]10,699[78]77°31′S 168°32′E[80]0.82 Ma[78]
Toney Mountain[81]3,595[81]11,792[81]75°48′S 115°48′W[82]Unknown[81]
Mount Vernon Harcourt1,570[83]5,151[83]72°32′S 169°55′E[83]-
Mount Waesche[84]3,292[84]10,801[84]77°10′S 126°54′W[85] Unknown[84]
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