Mount Steere

Mount Steere
Mounts Frakes (left) and Steere (right) from the northeast.
Highest point
Elevation	3,558 m (11,673 ft)
Coordinates	76.7°S 117.8°W / -76.7; -117.8
Geography
Location	Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
Parent range	Crary Mountains
Geology
Age of rock	Unknown
Mountain type	Shield volcano

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. (1990). Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. American Geophysical Union. p. 512 pp. ISBN 0-87590-172-7. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• "Skiing the Pacific Ring of Fire and Beyond". Amar Andalkar's Ski Mountaineering and Climbing Site. 2007 [1997]. Retrieved 14 January 2005.