- Mount Steere
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Mount Steere
Mounts Frakes (left) and Steere (right) from the northeast.Elevation 3,558 m (11,673 ft) Location Location Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica Range Crary Mountains Coordinates 76°42′S 117°48′W / 76.7°S 117.8°W Geology Type Shield volcano Age of rock Unknown Mount Steere is a prominent shield volcano 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.
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.
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