Mount Kosciusko (Executive Committee Range)

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Mount Kosciusko is a volcanic peak in Antarctica’s Executive Committee Range, forming part of the Marie Byrd Land volcanic province.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf stratovolcano ⓘ
volcanic peak ⓘ
continent Antarctica ⓘ
coordinateSystem geographic coordinates (latitude/longitude used in Antarctic mapping) ⓘ
country Antarctica (no sovereign nation; under Antarctic Treaty System) ⓘ
discoveredBy United States Antarctic Service Expedition ⓘ
discoveryYear 1940 ⓘ
elevation approximately 2925 m ⓘ
approximately 9600 ft ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
hasFeature glacially eroded flanks ⓘ
ice-covered slopes ⓘ
isPartOf Antarctic volcanic province of Marie Byrd Land ⓘ
lastEruption unknown (no historical eruptions recorded) ⓘ
locatedIn Antarctica ⓘ
Executive Committee Range ⓘ
Marie Byrd Land ⓘ
West Antarctica ⓘ
mountainRange Executive Committee Range ⓘ
namedAfter Tadeusz Kościuszko (Polish–American military leader) ⓘ
linked to: Tadeusz Kościuszko
namedBy Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names ⓘ
nearestMajorVolcano Mount Sidley ⓘ
partOf Executive Committee Range volcanic chain ⓘ
Marie Byrd Land volcanic province ⓘ
population uninhabited ⓘ
protectedBy Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
region Ross Sea sector of West Antarctica ⓘ
relativeLocation inland from the Amundsen Sea coast of Marie Byrd Land ⓘ
north of Mount Sidley in the Executive Committee Range ⓘ
rockType andesitic rocks ⓘ
basaltic rocks ⓘ
tectonicSetting intra-plate volcanism associated with West Antarctic Rift System ⓘ
volcanicArcOrBelt West Antarctic Rift System–related volcanism ⓘ
volcanicField Marie Byrd Land volcanic province ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marie Byrd Land volcanic province → hasVolcanicCenter → Mount Kosciusko (Executive Committee Range) ⓘ
Flood Range → hasPeak → Mount Kosciusko (Flood Range) ⓘ
linked to: Mount Kosciusko (Executive Committee Range)