Research Reveals Truth Behind Mysterious 'Pyramid' Discovered in Antarctica, Confirms It Is Mountain About 400 KM Long
Antarctica's string of shocking discoveries continues, this time, it is a 'pyramid' beneath the ice. The new 'pyramid' had already been 'discovered' back in the 1910s by the British Antarctic Expedition, Indy100 reported.
The discovery was named Ellsworth Mountains, which has now been identified as the highest mountain range in Antarctica, around 400km long. To keep the nature of the finding secret, the explorers publicized it as the 'Pyramid' everywhere.
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Over decades, the secret was revealed to the whole world, IFL Science reported. More researchers came to Antarctica and took a closer look at the Ellsworth Mountains. During one such examination, explorers got stumped, when they realized that an actual 'pyramid' might be present in these lofty elevations.
This 'pyramid-like' structure was located in the coordinates 79°58’39.25?S 81°57’32.21?W, IFL Science reported. Experts took a closer look and concluded, that the 'pyramid' was actually a mountain range.
"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," Dr. Mitch Darcy, a geologist at the German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam explained, IFLScience reported.
"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," said Darcy.
Internet was filled with speculations when the news first broke about the peculiar-looking structure, IFL Science reported. Experts have rejected all of them and stated that having pyramid-like peaks is nothing out-of-ordinary. They pointed out the Matterhorn in the Alps and Mount Bulandstindur as examples.