The Antarctic ‘pyramid’ is just a mountain

Conspiracy theorists have been turning their attention to Antarctica more than you’d expect over recent years

First, there was the case of the “bleeding waterfalls”, which remains one of the strangest natural phenomena you’re likely to see, and there’s also the mystery of a so-called “pyramid” which has been found on the continent.

Only, it’s not a pyramid at all – in fact, it’s a mountain.

The Ellsworth Mountains are the highest mountain range in Antarctica and stretch 400km and the mountain in question was discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-1913

It was called “The Pyramid” to keep the true nature of the discovery hidden from others at the time.

Over the last hundred years, however, people have been speculating about the true nature of the location (even though it’s very much a mountain, poking up out of the ice) and now a second interesting geographical feature has bee discovered and got them talking all over again.

The location in question is found at the coordinates 79°58’39.25?S 81°57’32.21?W, which has been a much-searched spot on Google Earth.

Speaking to IFL Science, geologist at the German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, Dr Mitch Darcy, said:

“The pyramid-shaped structures are located in the Ellsworth Mountains, which is a range more than 400 km long, so it’s no surprise there are rocky peaks cropping out above the ice.

The peaks are clearly composed of rock, and it’s a coincidence that this particular peak has that shape.

It’s not a complicated shape, so it’s not a special coincidence either. By definition, it is a nunatak, which is simply a peak of rock sticking out above a glacier or an ice sheet.

This one has the shape of a pyramid, but that doesn’t make it a human construction.”

So, the new location is just that – a mountain poking out the top of the ice in Antarctica, and not a mysterious pyramid at all.

Antarctica has been the subject of more than its fair share of speculation recently, after conspiracy theorist Eric Hecker described the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station by the south pole as an “air traffic control” hub for aliens earlier this year.

Hecker claimed that in 2010 Raytheon, the US aerospace and defence conglomerate chose him to be a contractor on the research centre operated by the United States National Science Foundation.

There was “much more” to the station that first met the eye, according to Hecker.

That is as maybe, and remains to be seen, but the ‘pyramid’ is nothing more than a mountain.

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    Wisenox

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    They didn’t start building pyramids before the late Ubaid-early Warka period. That’s when geometry was discovered.
    Theorists say that it’s evidence of an ancient advanced civilization. They say this in part because of the similarities in religions and art.
    That’s all symbolism, and it was spread through business. People have been lied to about the past. Asians ruled in Egypt and Mesoamerica, but it isn’t taught. In fact, education in general is designed to hide their past aggressions.

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    Tom

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    No doubt with global warming we will be able to travel there and even relocate and enjoy the new tropical lushness of Antarctica by the year 2040. Places near the equator will be a boiling hot 150 degrees and even Chicago will see 120 degree temps all year long. That’s what my computer model tells me anyway…lol.

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