Mount Kauffman

Mount Kauffman (75°37′S 132°25′W / 75.617°S 132.417°W / -75.617; -132.417Coordinates: 75°37′S 132°25′W / 75.617°S 132.417°W / -75.617; -132.417) is a prominent mountain, 2,365 metres (7,760 ft) high, that surmounts the northwest end of the Ames Range in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander S.K. Kauffman, U.S. Navy, a staff civil engineering officer who supervised the planning and building of Plateau Station, 1965–66.[1]

Kauffman consists of a potentially active shield volcano with a 3 km (1.9 mi) wide summit caldera. Minor fumarolic activity was observed in 1977.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Kauffman". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
  2. ↑ "Andrus". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2016-04-27.

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