Mount Discovery

Mount Discovery
Mount Discovery Antarctica
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
Location	Antarctica
Geology
Age of rock	Pliocene-to-Quaternary
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	Unknown

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

• List of volcanoes in Antarctica
• List of Ultras of Antarctica

References

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

External links

• "Mount Discovery, Antarctica" on Peakbagger