Mount Steere

Mount Steere is a prominent shield volcano standing 6.4 km (4 mi) NNW of Mount Frakes in the Crary Mountains of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

Mount Steere
Mounts Frakes (left) and Steere (right) from the northeast.
Highest point
Elevation3,558 m (11,673 ft)
Coordinates76.7°S 117.8°W / -76.7; -117.8
Geography
Parent rangeCrary Mountains
Geology
Age of rockUnknown
Mountain typeShield volcano
Volcanic fieldMarie Byrd Land Volcanic Province

Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–66. Named by US-ACAN for William C. Steere, biologist at McMurdo Station, 1964–65 season.

Topographic map of Mounts Frakes and Steere (1:250,000 scale)

See also

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 14 January 2005.


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