Mount Morning
Mount Morning is a poorly dissected shield volcano,[2] 100 km southwest of Scott Base, McMurdo Sound, in Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) which named it for the Morning, relief ship to the expedition[3].
| Mount Morning | |
|---|---|
 Aerial view of Mount Morning from the northeast. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,725 m (8,940 ft) [1] |
| Prominence | 1,515 m (4,970 ft) [1] |
| Listing | Ultra |
| Coordinates | 78°31′S 163°35′E [1] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Morning | |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Shield volcano |
| Volcanic belt | McMurdo Volcanic Group |
| Last eruption | Unknown[2] |
Morning Glacier (78°27′S 163°45′E) is a glacier named in association with Mount Morning. Together with Vereyken Glacier, it drains the northeast slopes of Mount Morning.[4]
Topographic map of Mounts Morning and Discovery (1:250,000 scale) from USGS Mount Discovery
References
- "Antarctica Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- "Morning". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- Scott, R.F. (1907). The voyage of the Discovery. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
- "Vereyken Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
Sources
- LeMasurier, W. E.; Thomson, J. W., eds. (1990). Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. American Geophysical Union. p. 512 pp. ISBN 0-87590-172-7.
- "Skiing the Pacific Ring of Fire and Beyond". Amar Andalkar's Ski Mountaineering and Climbing Site. 2007 [1997]. Retrieved 2005-01-14.
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Morning
- GNIS entry for Mt. Morning
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