Mount Discovery
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| Mount Discovery | |
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 Mount Discovery seen from Ross Island. |
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| Elevation | 2,681 metres (8,796 ft) |
| Location | Antarctica |
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| Type | Stratovolcano |
| Last eruption | unknown |
Mount Discovery is a conspicuous, isolated volcanic cone, lying at the head of McMurdo Sound and east of Koettlitz Glacier, overlooking the NW portion of the Ross Ice Shelf. It forms the center of a three-armed mass of which Brown Peninsula is one extension to the north; Minna Bluff is a second to the east; the third is Mount Morning to the west.
Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) and named for their expedition ship Discovery.
[edit] Sources
- LeMasurier, W. E.; Thomson, J. W. (eds.) (1990). Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. American Geophysical Union, 512 pp. ISBN 0-87590-172-7.
- Amar Andalkar's Ski Mountaineering and Climbing Site. Skiing the Pacific Ring of Fire and Beyond (1997–2007). Retrieved on 2005-01-14.
- USGS GNIS: Mount Discovery
