Mount Steere

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Mount Steere
MountFrakesSteere.jpg
Mounts Frakes (left) and Steere (right) from the northeast.
Highest point
Elevation3,558 m (11,673 ft)
Coordinates76°42′S 117°48′W / 76.7°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

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.

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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