Antarctica 'pyramid': The oddly symmetrical peak that ignited a significant alien conspiracy theory
Antarctica boasts a mountain that resembles a flawless pyramid, yet despite the claims of conspiracy theorists, the mountain's four evenly shaped sides were created by natural geological processes.
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Name: Unnamed peak in the Ellsworth Mountains
Location: Antarctica
Why it's incredible: The mountain looks like a human-made pyramid.
A mountain that's hidden in a sea of snow in Antarctica looks strikingly like an ancient Egyptian pyramid when viewed from above. But no human (or alien) hands were needed to build this peak — it was forged through the slow, grinding process of erosion.
The pyramidal mountain, which doesn't have a formal name, became internet-famous in 2016, but scientists likely knew about it before then, Mauri Pelto, a professor of environmental science at Nichols College in Dudley, Massachusetts, previously told Live Science. A research base for climate scientists sits just south of the mountain in an area called the Patriot Hills, and "you can probably see this mountain from up there," Pelto said.
Antarctica's "pyramid" is about 4,150 feet (1,26
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