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Mount Discovery 
The Mount Discovery in AntarcticaElevation 2,681 m (8,796 ft) Prominence 1,637 m (5,371 ft) Listing Ultra Location Location Antarctica Coordinates 78°22′S 165°01′E / 78.367°S 165.017°ECoordinates: 78°22′S 165°01′E / 78.367°S 165.017°E Geology Type Stratovolcano Age of rock Pliocene-to-Quaternary 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
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.
- "Amar Andalkar's Ski Mountaineering and Climbing Site. Skiing the Pacific Ring of Fire and Beyond". 1997–2007. http://www.skimountaineer.com/ROF/RingOfFire.html. Retrieved 2005-01-14.
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Discovery
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