Mount Discovery

Mount Discovery
Satellite image map
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 / -78.367; 165.017Coordinates: 78°22′S 165°01′E / 78.367°S 165.017°E / -78.367; 165.017 [1]
Geography
Mount Discovery
Geology
Age of rock Pliocene-to-Pleistocene[2]
Mountain type Stratovolcano
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.

Topographic map of the Mount Discovery (1:250,000 scale) from USGS Mount Discovery

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Antarctica Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
  2. 1 2 "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 2005-01-14.
  • U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Discovery


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