Tags: Volcano.
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.
