Mount Murphy

Mount Murphy

Aerial view of Mt. Murphy
Elevation 2,705 m (8,875 ft)
Prominence 2,055 m (6,742 ft)
Listing Ultra
Location
Location Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
Geology
Type Shield volcano
Age of rock Unknown
Last eruption Late Miocene

Mount Murphy is a massive, snow-covered and highly eroded shield volcano with steep, rocky slopes. It is directly south of Bear Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land. The mountain is bounded by the Smith, Pope and Haynes Glaciers.

Delineated from aerial photographs taken by US Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947. Named by US-ACAN for Robert Cushman Murphy of the American Museum of Natural History, noted authority on Antarctic and sub-Antarctic bird life. While serving on the whaler, he charted the Bay of Isles region of South Georgia.

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