Mount Steere

Mount Steere
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 / -76.7; -117.8
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.

Topographic map of Mounts Frakes and Steere (1:250,000 scale)

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