Mount Discovery

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mountain stratovolcano volcano

Mount Discovery is a prominent volcanic mountain in Antarctica located near the Ross Ice Shelf, notable for its isolated, dome-shaped peak rising above the surrounding ice.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ
volcano ⓘ
climate polar climate ⓘ
composition basaltic rocks ⓘ
trachytic rocks ⓘ
continent Antarctica ⓘ
countryClaim New Zealand ⓘ
discoveredDuring Discovery Expedition ⓘ
discoveryExpedition British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ
surface form: British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–1904)
elevation 2681 m ⓘ
8796 ft ⓘ
firstAscent 20th century (exact date uncertain) ⓘ
geologicAge Cenozoic ⓘ
governedByTreaty Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
hasCoordinateSystem geographic coordinates ⓘ
hasFeature ice-covered slopes ⓘ
rocky summit area ⓘ
hasGlacialFeature surrounded by ice fields ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature Brown Peninsula ⓘ
Koettlitz Glacier ⓘ
Minna Bluff ⓘ
Skelton Glacier ⓘ
hasResearchInterest Antarctic geology ⓘ
glaciology ⓘ
volcanology ⓘ
isolation isolated volcanic massif ⓘ
isOn Antarctic Plate ⓘ
lastEruption Pleistocene ⓘ
locatedIn Antarctica ⓘ
Ross Dependency ⓘ
Victoria Land ⓘ
locatedNear McMurdo Sound ⓘ
Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
morphology dome-shaped peak ⓘ
mountainRange Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
namedAfter RRS Discovery ⓘ
namedBy Robert Falcon Scott ⓘ
namedInYear early 1900s ⓘ
partOf Royal Society Range ⓘ
surface form: Royal Society Range region
prominence highly prominent above surrounding ice ⓘ
region Scott Coast ⓘ
relativeLocation south of McMurdo Sound ⓘ
west of Ross Island ⓘ
topographicForm volcanic cone ⓘ
volcanicProvince McMurdo Volcanic Group ⓘ
volcanoType shield-like stratovolcano ⓘ

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Ross Dependency (New Zealand Antarctic territory) → contains → Mount Discovery ⓘ
subject surface form: Ross Dependency