Mount Bird

Mount Bird is a 1,765 m (5,791 ft) high shield volcano standing about 7 miles (11 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.

See also

List of volcanoes in Antarctica

References

LeMasurier, W. E.; Thomson, J. W. (eds.) (1990). Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. American Geophysical Union. pp. 512 pp. ISBN 0-87590-172-7.
Mount Bird, Volcano World
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Bird, Mount" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

Coordinates: 77°16′S 166°45′E / 77.267°S 166.750°E / -77.267; 166.750

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