Mount Maria facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Mount Maria |
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 Mount Maria
Location in Falkland Islands
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| Elevation | 2,160 ft (660 m) |
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| Location | West Falkland, Falkland Islands, south Atlantic Ocean |
| Parent range | Hornby Mountains |
Mount Maria is a mountain located in the Hornby Mountains. It is found right next to Port Howard on West Falkland island, which is part of the Falkland Islands. This impressive mountain stands at about 2,160 feet (658 meters) tall.
Exploring Mount Maria's Height
Mount Maria is one of the tallest mountains in the Falkland Islands. Because it is so high, it experienced some glaciation a long time ago. Glaciation happens when large sheets of ice, called glaciers, form and move across the land.
How Glaciers Shaped Mount Maria
The mountains in the Falklands that are over 2,000 feet (610 meters) tall show signs of past ice activity. For example, Mount Maria has clear corries. A corrie is a bowl-shaped hollow that glaciers carve out of a mountainside.
Inside these corries, you can often find small glacial lakes. These lakes form when melted ice fills the hollows left by glaciers. Below the corries, there are also morainic ridges. These ridges are piles of rocks and dirt that glaciers pushed along and then left behind when they melted.
These features tell us that glaciers and large ice domes were mostly found in the highest parts of the islands. Other areas of the Falklands had a "periglacial climate." This means the climate was very cold, but it didn't have large glaciers covering everything.
See also
In Spanish: Monte María para niños
