On either side a Takahe proper. Air temperatures recorded at Mount Takahe are usually below freezing. There is no present-day activity at Mount Takahe. A tributary of the Thwaites Glacier passes close to Mount Takahe. Snow, ice, and glaciers cover most of Mount Takahe. On the back was the Mohua which replaced the Takahe on the earlier note. A magnetic anomaly has also been linked to Mount Takahe. The takahe was also introduced there in 1985. Trachyte is the most common rock on Mount Takahe, with phonolite being less common. Bear Peninsula and the Amundsen Sea coast lie north from Mount Takahe. Wae Wae (a takahe), and Motu (a turtle). A series of eruptions about 200-years-long took place at Mount Takahe 17,700years ago. Tephra layers in ice cores drilled at Byrd Station have been attributed to Mount Takahe. The largest of this group is the takahe, at and . Mount Takahe has been prospected for the possibility of obtaining geothermal energy.