They also help explain why Antarctica's interior has remained remarkably stable for hundreds of millions of years. The Gamburtsev Mountains are buried beneath the highest point of the East ...

But East Antarctica has been tectonically stable for millions of years. The Gamburtsev Mountains are buried beneath the highest point of the East Antarctica ice sheet. They were first discovered ...

Discovered in 1935, the mountain is part of the Ellsworth Mountains, the highest mountain range in Antarctica. Glacier Nunatak in Antarctica A mountain with a striking pyramid-like shape has an ...

When did they form? And what makes this ancient mountain range one of the least-understood tectonic features on Earth? The Gamburstevs lie under the highest point in Antarctica: the 4,000-meter-high ...

A new study led by University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh geologist Timothy Paulsen and University of Colorado Boulder ...