Mount Bird
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Mount Bird is a stratovolcano
, 1765 metre high, standing about 7 miles (11.3 km) south of Cape Bird
, the northern extremity of Ross Island
. It was mapped by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Robert Falcon Scott
, and apparently named by them after Cape Bird. Shell Glacier
and Endeavour Piedmont Glacier
lie on its slopes.
Stratovolcano
A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a tall, conical volcano built up by many layers of hardened lava, tephra, pumice, and volcanic ash. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile and periodic, explosive eruptions...
, 1765 metre high, standing about 7 miles (11.3 km) south of Cape Bird
Cape Bird
Cape Bird is a cape which marks the north extremity of Ross Island. Discovered in 1841 by a British expedition under Ross, and named by him for Lieutenant Edward J. Bird of the ship Erebus....
, the northern extremity of Ross Island
Ross Island
Ross Island is an island formed by four volcanoes in the Ross Sea near the continent of Antarctica, off the coast of Victoria Land in McMurdo Sound.-Geography:...
. It was mapped by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Robert Falcon Scott
Robert Falcon Scott
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, CVO was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, 1901–04, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, 1910–13...
, and apparently named by them after Cape Bird. Shell Glacier
Shell Glacier
Shell Glacier is a western lobe of the Mount Bird icecap. It descends steeply in the valley north of Trachyte Hill and Harrison Bluff in the center of the ice-free area on the lower western slopes of Mount Bird, Ross Island. Mapped and so named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic...
and Endeavour Piedmont Glacier
Endeavour Piedmont Glacier
Endeavour Piedmont Glacier is a piedmont glacier, 6 miles long and 2 miles wide, between the southwest part of Mount Bird and Micou Point, Ross Island...
lie on its slopes.