Scientists have uncovered the largest volcanic region on Earth – two kilometres below the surface of the vast ice sheet that covers west Antarctica. In fact, the Ross Island peak holds the record as the southernmost active volcano on the planet. The Stratovolcano last erupted in 2015 with rock samples dating back 1.3 million years. Antarctica is a land of ice. Some volcanoes are entirely under the ice sheet. A group of seismologists has detected new volcanic … Unconfirmed volcanoes … The discovery isn’t, however, just a fun factoid about the planet’s southernmost continent. An active volcano has been unexpectedly discovered beneath a rapidly vanishing glacier in Antarctica by a team of scientists studying the melting ice … Mount Sidley is the youngest volcano rising above the ice in West Antarctica's Executive Committee Range. A 2017 study claimed to have found 138 volcanoes, of which 91 were previously unknown. Mount Siple volcano is one of the largest active volcanoes in Antarctica. Mount Erebus Only behind the dormant Mount Sidley in size, Mount Erebus (3,794 m) is Antarctica’s most active volcano. This may be one of the most extensive volcanic regions on Earth. Giant volcanoes lurk beneath Antarctic ice Lurking beneath Antarctica’s ice are 91 volcanoes that until now no one knew existed. It is a young shield volcano in the NW of Siple Island, Hobbs Coast, Antarctica. But dive below the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, and you'll find fire as well, in the form of subglacial volcanoes.

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