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Mount Steere

Mount Steere
MountFrakesSteere.jpg
Mounts Frakes (left) and Steere (right) from the northeast.
Highest point
Elevation 3,558 m (11,673 ft)
Coordinates 76°42′S 117°48′W / 76.7°S 117.8°W / -76.7; -117.8
Geography
Location Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
Parent range Crary Mountains
Geology
Age of rock Unknown
Mountain type Shield volcano

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.


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