Mount Discovery () is a conspicuous, isolated volcanic cone, high, lying at the head of

McMurdo Sound The McMurdo Sound is a sound in Antarctica, known as the southernmost passable body of water in the world, located approximately from the South Pole. Captain James Clark Ross discovered the sound in February 1841 and named it after Lieutenant ...

and east of

Koettlitz Glacier Koettlitz Glacier () is a large Antarctic glacier lying west of Mount Morning and Mount Discovery in the Royal Society Range, flowing from the vicinity of Mount Cocks northeastward between Brown Peninsula and the mainland into the ice shelf of ...

, overlooking the northwest portion of the

Ross Ice Shelf The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (, an area of roughly and about across: about the size of France). It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than long, and between high ...

. It forms the center of a three-armed mass of which

Brown Peninsula The Brown Peninsula () is a nearly ice-free peninsula, long and wide, which rises above the Ross Ice Shelf northward of Mount Discovery, to which it is connected by a low isthmus. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, ...

is one extension to the north; Minna Bluff is a second to the east; the third is Mount Morning to the west. Mount Discovery was discovered by the

British National Antarctic Expedition The ''Discovery'' Expedition of 1901–1904, known officially as the British National Antarctic Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since the voyage of James Clark Ross sixty years earlier (1839–1 ...

(1901–04) and named for their expedition ship ''

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''.

Location

Mount Discovery lies to the southeast of the lower

. The

extends to the northeast of the mountain between the Koettlitz Glacier and the Ross Ice Shelf. Black Island and White Island rise from the ice shelf to the northeast of the mountain.

Minna Bluff Minna Bluff () is a narrow, bold peninsula, long and wide, projecting southeast from Mount Discovery into the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) which named it for Minna, the wif ...

, a long peninsula, extends from the southeast of the mountain. The

Eady Ice Piedmont Minna Bluff () is a narrow, bold peninsula, long and wide, projecting southeast from Mount Discovery into the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) which named it for Minna, the wif ...

is to the south of the mountain. A ridge extends southwest from Mount Discovery to Mount Morning.

Features

Features and nearby features include Mount Morning, and Helms Bluff.

Mount Morning

. Dome-shaped mountain, high, standing west-southwest of Mount Discovery and east of Koettlitz Glacier. Discovered by the BrNAE (1901–04) which named it for the ''Morning'', relief ship to the expedition.

Helms Bluff

. A prominent north-facing bluff east of Mount Morning. Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and Navy air photos. Named by US-ACAN in 1963 for Lieutenant Commander Louis L. Helms, United States Navy, officer in charge of the Squadron VX-6 winteringover detachment at McMurdo Station, 1961.

Discovery Glacier

A broad glacier, long, between

Hurricane Ridge (Antarctica) Mount Morning is a shield volcano at the foot of the Transantarctic Mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It lies from Ross Island. Mount Morning rises to an elevation of and is almost entirely mantled with snow and ice. A wide summit calde ...

and Mount Discovery. The glacier flows north to coalesce with the east margin of lower Koettlitz Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1999) in association with Mount Discovery, which Captain Robert Scott had named after the expedition ship of the British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE), 1901–04.

Lake Discovery

A lake, long, situated at the north end of Hurricane Ridge on the west margin of Discovery Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1999) in association with Discovery Glacier, a partial source for the lake, and Mount Discovery, the dominant feature in the vicinity.

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