Pleiades, The
The Pleiades are a volcanic group in northern Victoria Land of Antarctica. It consists of youthful cones and domes with Mount Atlas/Mount Pleiones, a small stratovolcano formed by three overlapping cones, being the dominant volcano and rising 500 m above the Evans Névé plateau.- Peak rising to 3,040 metres (9,974 feet)
- Description: Antartic volcano group
- Also known as“Pleiades”“The Pleiades”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alcyone Cone and Taygete Cone.
Alcyone Cone
Peak
The Pleiades are a volcanic group in northern Victoria Land of Antarctica.
Taygete Cone
Peak
The Pleiades are a volcanic group in northern Victoria Land of Antarctica.
Pleiades, The
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-72.7° or 72° 42′ south
Longitude
165.53333° or 165° 32′ east
Open location code
2VV77GXM+X8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Venetian—“Pleiades, The” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Pleydlər”
- Cebuano: “Pleiades”
- Dutch: “Pleiades”
- French: “Les Pléiades”
- German: “The Pleiades”
- Italian: “Pleiades”
- Japanese: “プレアデス火山群”
- Ladin: “The Pleiades”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pleiadene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “The Pleiades”
- Norwegian: “Pleiadene”
- Portuguese: “As Plêiades”
- Russian: “Плеяды”
- Swedish: “Pleiades”
- Swedish: “The Pleiades”
- Ukrainian: “Плеяди”
- Venetian: “Pleiades”
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Highlights include Atlas, Mount and Mount Pleiones.
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