Mount Discovery
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| Mount Discovery | |
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 Mount Discovery
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
| Prominence | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). [1] |
| Listing | Ultra |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [1] |
| Geography | |
| Location | Antarctica |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Pliocene-to-Quaternary |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
| Last eruption | Unknown |
Mount Discovery is a conspicuous, isolated stratovolcano, 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.
File:MountDiscoveryMap.jpg
Topographic map of the Mount Discovery (1:250,000 scale) from USGS Mount Discovery
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Antarctica Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
Sources
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- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Discovery
External links
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