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Grauzaria, Vulcano di fango (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Grauzaria, Vulcano di fango (The name as it would appear on a map)
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This name originates from Italy. It is part of the Italy Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Group of mud volcanoes, offshore South Shetland Islands, west to Elephant Island. The top is at 2594 m below the sea level with an elevation of about 185 m. The extension is 459 km2. The Grauzaria group of mud volcanoes was discovered during a leg of R/V OGS-Explora in the austral summer 2003-04 in the frame of the project BSR (Gas hydrates: impact on climate environment of the sub-Antarctic regions). The name Grauzaria is the name of a mountain in the Aupa Valley (Carnic Alps), located next to the Mount Sernio. The Mount Sernio is commonly known as the "mountain of women", since it was climbed for the first time by two women, Minetta and Annina Grassi, 21 August 1879. Since the leader of the BSR project is a woman who lived in the same valley, the names of mud volcanoes discovered in the frame of the BSR project are associated with the names of mounts around Mount Sernio.
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