| Mount Discovery | |
|---|---|
) Mt. Discovery seen from Pegasus Field, January 2013 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,681 m (8,796 ft) |
| Prominence | 1,637 m (5,371 ft) [1] |
| Listing | Ultra |
| Coordinates | 78°22′S 165°01′E / 78.367°S 165.017°E [1] |
| Geography | |
)  Mount Discovery | |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Pliocene-to-Pleistocene[2] |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
| Volcanic belt | McMurdo Volcanic Group |
| Last eruption | 1.87 million years ago[2] |
Mount Discovery is a conspicuous, isolated stratovolcano, 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.
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Satellite image map
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Topographic map of the Mount Discovery (1:250,000 scale) from USGS Mount Discovery
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Mt Discovery with lenticular cloud seen from North East
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Geologic formations on Mount Discovery's north slope
See also
- List of volcanoes in Antarctica
- List of Ultras of Antarctica
References
- ^ a b "Antarctica Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
- ^ a b "Mount Discovery". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
Sources
- LeMasurier, W. E.; Thomson, J. W., eds. (1990). Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. American Geophysical Union. p. 512 pp. ISBN 0-87590-172-7.
- "Skiing the Pacific Ring of Fire and Beyond". Amar Andalkar's Ski Mountaineering and Climbing Site. 2007 [1997]. Retrieved 14 January 2005.
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Discovery
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