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Famous eruptions in recorded history. Mount Sidley is located in the mountain massive Executive Committee Range. Mount Sidley is the youngest volcano in the Executive Committee Range to rise above the ice sheet. Detailed field investigation coupled with 14 high precision 40Ar/39Ar age determinations reveal a 1.5 million year life …

Mount Sidley, Antarctica’s highest volcano accessible to climbers Posted: Oct 14, 2014 12:05 pm EDT (By Correne Coetzer) Mount Sidley, the highest volcano in Antarctica, is now accessible through ANI for a wildly remote and interesting adventure to one of the remotest mountains on Earth, Steve Jones from ANI/ALE told ExplorersWeb. The feature is marked by a 5 km wide caldera on the southern side and stands NE of Mount Waesche in the southern part of the range. Le mont Sidley, en anglais Mount Sidley, est le plus haut volcan de l'Antarctique avec 4 181 ou 4 285 mètres d'altitude, ce qui l'inclut dans la liste des sept sommets volcaniques. Mount Sidley climbers should prepare for extreme temperatures -40F (-40C) and severe storms.

It has had more than 150 eruptions since the 17th century.

Mount Sidley is a complex, polygenetic stratovolcano composed primarily of phonolitic and trachytic lavas and subordinate pyroclastic lithologies at the southern extremity of the Executive Committee Range, a linear chain of volcanoes in central Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. The thickness of the ice cover in this part of the continent achieves two kilometers. Strenuous trips include skiing, climbing, and trekking trips where you spend several days or more in remote field camps and you are active for 6-8 hours a day over steeper, more rugged terrain. Il est situé dans l'ouest de l'Antarctique, dans la Terre Marie Byrd, et il comporte une caldeira en forme de fer à cheval de cinq kilomètres de largeur. Mount Etna is often cited as the most active volcano in Europe. Mt Erebus is Antarctica’s highest ACTIVE volcano and site of the terrible Air New Zealand disaster in the 1970’s, but it is not Antarctica’s highest volcano. Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has erupted 34 times since 1882. It is not well known because the area where it is located is in the remote unclaimed territory of the seventh continent. Il reste très méconnu hormis par les volcanologues. Piton de la Fournaise – La Reunion Island. In the case of complete disappearance of the ice covered at this site will be an archipelago of volcanic islands such as Japan. This is chain of volcanic mountains in Antarctica, called the Marie Byrd Land. Below the ice sheet, however, seismologists have detected new volcanic activity 30 miles from Sidley, according to a 2013 news report . Activity Level. It is a massive, mainly snow-covered shield volcano which is the highest of the five volcanic mountains that comprise the Executive Committee Range of Marie Byrd Land. Since 1600, at least 60 flank eruptions and countless summit eruptions have occurred. Mount Sidley is the highest dormant volcano in Antarctica, a member of the Volcanic Seven Summits, with a summit elevation of 4,181–4,285 metres (13,717–14,058 ft). That honour lies with Mount Sidley, a dormant volcano in Marie Byrd Land. Mount Sidley is the youngest volcano rising above the ice in West Antarctica's Executive Committee Range.