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  2. Anoxycalyx joubini - Wikipedia

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    The giant volcano sponge (Anoxycalyx joubini) is a species of Antarctic sponge. [1] It is one of the largest sponges in the world which can grow up to a diameter of 1.5 metres (5 feet) and 1.95 metres (6.5 feet) in height. [2] The species may have an extremely long lifespan, with estimates of up to 15,000 years. [3]

  3. McMurdo Station - Wikipedia

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    Gersemia antarctica (a soft coral) growing in the water near McMurdo. The giant volcano sea sponge (Anoxycalyx joubini) is estimated to live between 6 thousand to up to 40 thousand years, and grow up to 1.5 meters (5 feet) in diameter and 1.95 meters (6.5 feet) high. [105]

  4. McMurdo Volcanic Group - Wikipedia

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    The McMurdo Volcanic Group is a large group of Cenozoic volcanic rocks in the western Ross Sea and central Transantarctic Mountains areas of Antarctica. [1] It is one of the largest provinces of alkaline volcanism in the world, having formed as a result of continental rifting along the West Antarctic Rift System .

  5. Mount Discovery - Wikipedia

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    Mount Discovery) is a conspicuous, isolated volcanic cone, 2,680 metres (8,790 ft) high, lying at the head of McMurdo Sound and east of Koettlitz Glacier, overlooking the northwest portion of the Ross Ice Shelf.

  6. Video from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano shows lava shooting into ...

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    The ongoing eruption at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano refuses to let up after scientists say the eighth eruptive episode began late Monday night and sent lava shooting high into the air.

  7. Wolf volcano erupts on Ecuador's Isabela Island [Video]

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    After seven years of relative inactivity, the volcano erupted last Thursday (January 6) at midnight causing smoke and ash clouds to rise up to 3,800 metres (12,000 feet).Lava flowing from the ...

  8. McMurdo Sound - Wikipedia

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    McMurdo Sound experiences katabatic winds from the Antarctic polar plateau. McMurdo Sound freezes over with sea ice about 3 metres (9.8 ft) thick during the winter. During the austral summer when the pack ice breaks up, wind and currents may push the ice northward into the Ross Sea, stirring up cold bottom currents that spill into the ocean basins.

  9. Video shows village in Russia covered in ash after volcano ...

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    On Saturday, the Shiveluch volcano, which is located on the eastern side of the country, erupted at 11:45 a.m. UTC, and caused an explosion of ash to shoot up 32,800 feet in the air, according to ...