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In the midst of a frigid Antarctic plain rises 8,963-foot-high (2,732-meter-high) Mount Melbourne, an active volcano cone that may have erupted as recently as the 18th or 19th century. More than 30 active and inactive volcanoes dot the frozen continent. Photograph courtesy Michael Van Woert, NOAA NESDIS, ORA