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. Mount Discovery was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) and named for their expedition ship Discovery.

Mount Discovery
Mt. Discovery seen from Pegasus Field, January 2013
Highest point
Elevation	2,681 m (8,796 ft)
Prominence	1,637 m (5,371 ft)[1]
Listing	Ultra
Coordinates	78°22′S 165°01′E[1]
Geography
Mount Discovery Antarctica
Geology
Age of rock	Pliocene-to-Pleistocene[2]
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Volcanic belt	McMurdo Volcanic Group
Last eruption	1.87 million years ago[2]

See also

• Eady Ice Piedmont
• List of volcanoes in Antarctica
• List of Ultras of Antarctica

References

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.
• "Skiing the Pacific Ring of Fire and Beyond". Amar Andalkar's Ski Mountaineering and Climbing Site. 2007 [1997]. Retrieved 14 January 2005.
• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Discovery

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