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Mount Discovery is a conspicuous, isolated 
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"Mount Discovery, Antarctica" on Peakbagger
Stratovolcanoes of New Zealand Mountains of Victoria Land Volcanoes of Victoria Land Pliocene stratovolcanoes Pleistocene stratovolcanoes Scott Coast {{ScottCoast-geo-stub
stratovolcano
A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with a summit crater and per ...
, lying at the head of McMurdo Sound
McMurdo Sound is a sound in Antarctica. It is the southernmost navigable body of water in the world, and is about from the South Pole.
Captain James Clark Ross discovered the sound in February 1841, and named it after Lt. Archibald McMurdo o ...
and east of Koettlitz Glacier
Koettlitz Glacier is a large Antarctic glacier lying west of Mount Morning and Mount Discovery in the Royal Society Range, flowing from the vicinity of Mount Cocks northeastward between Brown Peninsula and the mainland into the ice shelf of Mc ...
, overlooking the NW portion of the Ross Ice Shelf
The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (, an area of roughly and about across: about the size of France). It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than long, and between hi ...
. It forms the center of a three-armed mass of which Brown Peninsula
Brown Peninsula () is a nearly ice-free peninsula, long and wide, which rises above the Ross Ice Shelf northward of Mount Discovery, to which it is connected by a low isthmus. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901â ...
is one extension to the north; Minna Bluff is a second to the east; the third is Mount Morning
Mount Morning is a shield volcano at the foot of the Transantarctic Mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It lies from Ross Island. Mount Morning rises to an elevation of and is almost entirely mantled with snow and ice. A wide summit calder ...
to the west. Mount Discovery was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) and named for their expedition ship ''Discovery
Discovery may refer to:
* Discovery (observation), observing or finding something unknown
* Discovery (fiction), a character's learning something unknown
* Discovery (law), a process in courts of law relating to evidence
Discovery, The Discovery ...
''.
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See also
* Eady Ice Piedmont *List of volcanoes in Antarctica
This is a list of volcanoes in Antarctica.
Table
A 2017 study claimed to have found 138 volcanoes, of which 91 were previously unknown. Some volcanoes are entirely under the ice sheet. Unconfirmed volcanoes are not included in the table below.
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*List of Ultras of Antarctica
This is a list of all the Ultra prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in Antarctica. Some islands in the South Atlantic have also been included and can be found at the end of the list.
Antarctica
South Atl ...
References
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"Mount Discovery, Antarctica" on Peakbagger
Stratovolcanoes of New Zealand Mountains of Victoria Land Volcanoes of Victoria Land Pliocene stratovolcanoes Pleistocene stratovolcanoes Scott Coast {{ScottCoast-geo-stub