Mount Discovery
| Mount Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,681 m (8,796 ft)  |
| Prominence | 1,637 m (5,371 ft) |
Mount Discovery is a conspicuous, isolated volcanic cone, 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.
Sources
- LeMasurier, W. E. (1990). Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. American Geophysical Union. pp. 512 pp. ISBN 0-87590-172-7.
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"Skiing the Pacific Ring of Fire and Beyond". Amar Andalkar's Ski Mountaineering and Climbing Site. 2007 [1997]. Retrieved 14 January 2005.