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)

See also

• List of volcanoes in Antarctica

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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