Mount Discovery

Mount Discovery
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Highest point
Elevation	2,681 m (8,796 ft)
Prominence	1,637 m (5,371 ft)
Listing	Ultra
Coordinates	78°22′S 165°01′E / 78.367°S 165.017°E / -78.367; 165.017Coordinates: 78°22′S 165°01′E / 78.367°S 165.017°E / -78.367; 165.017
Geography
Mount Discovery Antarctica
Geology
Age of rock	Pliocene-to-
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	1.87 million years ago

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.