Mount Peulik with the Ukinrek Maars in the foreground. Phot courtesy Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aerial_view_of_mountain_Peulik_ukinrek_maars.jpg
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Feature map of Antarctic Peninsula. Image courtesy AntarcticGlaciers.org. http://www.antarcticglaciers.org/glacial-geology/ice-stream-initiation-northern-antarctic-peninsula/
Just when I think I will be finished with Antarctic volcanoes for a while, along comes a publication that posits one to several mantle plumes stretching from the Antarctic Peninsula to the Ross Sea. As such, it is probably time to discuss volcanoes in the Antarctic Peninsula.
Mud Springs volcano, Aurora – Bodie volcanic field. Lava flow is andesitic. Photo courtesy NASA Earth Observatory. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=50493
Lunar Crater Volcanic Field from the air. Lunar Crater itself is a maar. Photo courtesy Hindred Settling Blog. https://zsylvester.blogspot.com/2009/12/lunar-crater-volcanic-field-nevada.html
Satellite photo of Niuafo’ou Volcano. Google Maps screen capture
Geysers of Enceladus. Photo courtesy NASA JPL. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4755
Satellite photo of adjoining volcanic fields, Goma and Lake Kivu. Photo courtesy Photovolcanica. http://www.photovolcanica.com/VolcanoInfo/Nyiragongo/Nyiragongo.html
Google screen capture of Solomon Islands. Ontong Java atoll is the darker blue boot shaped island just right of the upper center of the capture. The Ontong Java Plateau (OJP) is the lighter blue shaded portion of the capture north of the Solomon Island arc.
Paricutin volcano, lava flow and buried church. http://www.amusingplanet.com/2014/08/paricutin-volcano-that-grew-out-of.html
Mayon in eruption Jan 23. Photo courtesy Philstar Global. http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2018/01/24/1780930/mayon-volcano-spreads-lava-3-kilometers-crater
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