Mount Steere
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| Mount Steere | |
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 Mounts Frakes (left) and Steere (right) from the northeast. |
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| Elevation | 3,558 metres (11,673 feet) |
| Location | Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica |
| Range | Crary Mountains |
| Coordinates | |
| Type | Shield volcano |
| Age of rock | Unknown |
Mount Steere is a prominent mountain standing 6.4 km (4 mi) NNW of Mount Frakes in the Crary Mountains of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.
Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by US-ACAN for William C. Steere, biologist at McMurdo Station, 1964-65 season.
[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.
