Mount Rittmann is a volcano in Antarctica. Discovered in 1988–1989 by an Italian expedition, it was named after the volcanologist Alfred Rittmann (1893–1980). It features a 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) or 8 by 5 kilometres (5.0 mi × 3.1 mi) wide caldera which crops out from underneath the Aviator Glacier. The volcano was active during the Pliocene and into the Holocene, including large explosive eruptions; a major eruption occurred in 1254 CE and deposited tephra over much of Antarctica. Currently, the volcano is classified as dormant.
The volcano is fumarolically active. The geothermal activity keeps part of the caldera ice-free; mosses and various microorganisms grow on this ice-free terrain. Such an occurrence of mosses on fumarolically active volcanoes of Antarctica is limited to Mount Rittmann, Mount Melbourne and Mount Erebus and has led to efforts to establish a protected area on the volcano.
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MountRittmann is a volcano in Antarctica. Discovered in 1988–1989 by an Italian expedition, it was named after the volcanologist Alfred Rittmann (1893–1980)...
the McMurdo Volcanic Group, and together with The Pleiades, Mount Overlord, MountRittmann and the Malta Plateau forms a subprovince, the Melbourne volcanic...
outcrop at the summit of MountRittmann in a minor caldera rim at approximately 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) above sea level. MountRittmann was identified as a...
testing, while the Barwick Valley, one of the Dry Valleys, MountRittmann, and Cryptogam Ridge on Mount Melbourne are specially protected areas for their undisturbed...
132°25'W.), a stratovolcano; and Mount Hampton (3,325 m) (76°29'S., 125°48'W.), a volcanic caldera. MountRittmann (2,600 m) (73.45°S 165.5° E), a volcanic...
(9.3 mi). The highest peak, Mount Pond on the east side of the island, has an elevation of 539 m (1,768 ft), while Mount Kirkwood on the west has an elevation...
Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-01-29. "Rittmann". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2020-03-21...
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of the Antarctic Peninsula. The Ginger Islands lie off the southern end. Mount Bodys is the easternmost mountain on Adelaide Island, rising to over 1,220...
A. acidocaldarius has been isolated from thermally heated soils of MountRittmann in Antarctica. Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius was among the first three...
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nearby mainland Australia, New Zealand, and the Antarctic Peninsula and MountRittmann in Antarctica. An extremophile, it is resistant to cold, drought, salt...
nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) long, projecting south-west from the slopes of Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica. McMurdo Station (US) and Scott Base (NZ)...
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Cape Hallett Cape Washington Edmonson Point Linnaeus Terrace Mount Melbourne MountRittmann Seabee Hook Ross Sea Arrival Heights Backdoor Bay Beaufort Island...
Bacillus fumarioli was discovered in soils on Candlemas Island, Mount Melbourne and MountRittmann. This wide dispersion may indicate that it is propagated by...
is a bay indenting the north coast of Ross Island, Antarctica, between Mount Bird and Cape Tennyson. The bay was charted by the British National Antarctic...
February 1931 from Norwegian whale catchers exploring the coast, and named "Mount Klarius Mikkelsen" for Captain Klarius Mikkelsen, master of the whale catcher...
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Institute for Volcanology in Naples and Rittmann became leading scientist of the institute. His work focused on the Mount Vesuvius and on the island of Ischia...
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Mount Pond is a peak, 550 m (1,800 ft) in height, standing 2.8 km (1.7 mi) east-south-east of Pendulum Cove, on Deception Island in the South Shetland...
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Antarctic Expedition set out from Cape Adare for their successful assault on Mount Minto in 1988. The expedition's support vessel was moored to the ice shelf...
HMS Terror, one of the two ships of Ross' expedition. The extinct volcano Mount Terror, also named during the Ross expedition, rises sharply from the Cape...
Mount Flora is a mountain, 520 m (1,700 ft) high, containing a well-defined cirque which faces north-east, standing 0.5 nmi (1 km) south-east of the head...
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