Elevation 2,681 m Prominence 1,637 m | Last eruption 1.87 million years ago First ascent 1959 Listing Ultra-prominent peak | |
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Similar Mount Morning, Mount Terror, Mount Takahe, Mount Siple, Mount Berlin | ||
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.
Map of Mount Discovery, Antarctica
Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) and named for their expedition ship Discovery.
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