The Pleiades (volcano group)

The Pleiades
The Pleiades Location in Antarctica
Highest point
Elevation	3,040 m (9,970 ft)[1]
Coordinates	72°40′S 165°30′E / 72.67°S 165.50°E / -72.67; 165.50 (The Pleiades)[1]
Geography
Location	Victoria Land, Antarctica
Geology
Volcanic belt	McMurdo Volcanic Group
Last eruption	1050 BCE ± 14,000 years[2]

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 (1,600 ft) above the Evans Névé plateau. Two other named cones are Alcyone Cone and Taygete Cone, the latter of which has been radiometrically dated to have erupted during the Holocene. A number of tephra layers across Antarctica have been attributed to eruptions of this volcanic group, including several that may have occurred within the last few hundred years.