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Mount Murphy
| Mount Murphy | |
|---|---|
 Aerial view of Mount Murphy | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,705 m (8,875 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 2,055 m (6,742 ft)[1] |
| Listing | Ultra, Ribu |
| Coordinates | 75°20′S 110°44′W / 75.333°S 110.733°W |
| Geography | |
  Mount Murphy Location in Antarctica | |
| Location | Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | Unknown |
| Mountain type | Shield volcano |
| Volcanic field | Marie Byrd Land Volcanic Province |
| Last eruption | Pleistocene[2] |
Mount Murphy (75°20′S 110°44′W / 75.333°S 110.733°W) is a snow-covered mountain with steep, rocky slopes rising to 2,634 metres (8,642 ft)[3] in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It is directly south of Bear Peninsula and is bounded by Smith Glacier, Pope Glacier, and Haynes Glacier.[4] Volcanic activity began in the Miocene with the eruption of basaltic and trachytic lava. Volcanism on the slopes of the volcano resumed much later during the Pleistocene, with a parasitic cone having been K–Ar dated to 0.9 million years old.[2]
- ^ a b "Antarctica Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-09-07.
- ^ a b "Murphy". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
- ^ https://worldribus.org/west-antarctica-ranges/
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 516.
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