Mount Petras | |
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![]() Map of Mount Petras | |
Highest point | |
Coordinates | 75°51′S 128°38′W / 75.850°S 128.633°W[1] |
Naming | |
Etymology | Named for Theodore Argyres Petras |
Geography | |
Mount Petras is a mountain in Antarctica. It consists of volcanic rocks, most of Cretaceous age but there is also an Eocene-Oligocene volcanic system that may have been emplaced inside of thin ice. It is part of the Marie Byrd Land Volcanic Province and is its oldest volcano.