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Clues:
1. The fold and formation shown here are named after a nearby fishing and logging town. 2. Just out of the picture to the left, a glacier hits tidewater. The glacier was named after the first professor of geology at Princeton University -- a man who has also had three mountains, one crater on the Moon and a hall on the Princeton campus named in his honor. 3. While the amount of deformation might suggest otherwise, these rocks are relatively young (Pliocene to Pleistocene). Scroll down for the answer
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| Answer:
Guyot Hills, adjacent to the Guyot Glacier in Icy Bay, Alaska. Photo and clues provided by Scott Broadwell. |
June winners:
Ken Van Dellen (Grosse Pointe Park, MI)
Peter Heitzmann (Dale City, VA)
Ruth Jewell (Kettering, OH)
Jim Sukup (Carmel, IN)
Becky Ciske (Villa Park, IL)
Jessica Gorman (Washington, DC)
Michael A. Siemens (Rolla, MO)
Bill Frechette (Acworth, GA)
Christie M. O’Day (Tempe, AZ)
Brian W. Collins (Missoula, MT)
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Clues:
1. This 3,800m-high, active volcano was first described by a famous British explorer in 1841, but was not climbed until 1908 (by a group led by a famous Irish explorer). 2. The volcano is situated on an island and produces an unusual phonolitic lava containing up to 12 cm-long anorthoclase crystals. 3. The inner crater hosts a persistent convecting lava lake that frequently showers the crater and upper slopes with bombs. Scroll down for the answer
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| Answer:
Mount Erebus stands at 3,794 feet on Ross Island in Antarctica. It was discovered by James Ross and first climbed by Ernest Shackleton and crew. Photo and clues from Rick Aster, Phil Kyle, and Bill McIntosh of New Mexico Tech. |
May winners:
Peter Heitzmann (Dale City, VA)
Edward Grew (Orono, ME)
Susan Milius (Washington, DC)
Rob McDowell (Atlanta, GA)
Nelson Andrekovic (Wickliffe, OH)
Sandra Stapp (Oceanside, CA)
Ruth Jewell (Kettering, OH)
Tom Parr (Reading, MA)
Matthew B. Morris (Pittsburgh, PA)
Dan Miggins (Denver, CO)
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