Mount Discovery

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.

Mount Discovery
Mt. Discovery seen from Pegasus Field, January 2013
Highest point
Elevation2,681 m (8,796 ft)
Prominence1,637 m (5,371 ft)[1]
ListingUltra
Coordinates78°22′S 165°01′E[1]
Geography
Mount Discovery
Geology
Age of rockPliocene-to-Pleistocene[2]
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Volcanic beltMcMurdo Volcanic Group
Last eruption1.87 million years ago[2]

Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) and named for their expedition ship Discovery.

Satellite image map
Topographic map of the Mount Discovery (1:250,000 scale) from USGS Mount Discovery
Mt Discovery with lenticular cloud seen from North East
Geologic formations on Mount Discovery's north slope


See also

References

  1. "Antarctica Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
  2. "Mount Discovery". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2016-04-30.

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