Mount Discovery

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Mount Discovery
Mount Discovery seen from Ross Island.
Elevation	2,681 metres (8,796 ft)
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	78°22′S 165°01′E
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.

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

[edit] Sources

• Amar Andalkar's Ski Mountaineering and Climbing Site. Skiing the Pacific Ring of Fire and Beyond (1997–2007). Retrieved on 2005.
• GNIS entry for Mt. Discovery