Mount Discovery facts for kids

Quick facts for kids 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)
Listing	Ultra
Geography
Mount Discovery Location in Antarctica
Geology
Age of rock	Pliocene-to-Pleistocene
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Volcanic belt	McMurdo Volcanic Group
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.

Satellite image map

Topographic map of the Mount Discovery (1:250,000 scale) from USGS Mount Discovery

Mt Discovery with lenticular cloud seen from North East

Geologic formations on Mount Discovery's north slope

See also

In Spanish: Monte Discovery para niños