Mount Murphy
Mountain in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
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::summary Mountain in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox mountain"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Mount Murphy |
| photo | Mt Murphy, Antarctica.jpg |
| photo_caption | Aerial view of Mount Murphy |
| elevation_m | 2705 |
| elevation_ref | |
| prominence_m | 2055 |
| prominence_ref | |
| listing | Ultra, Ribu |
| location | Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica |
| map | Antarctica |
| map_caption | Location in Antarctica |
| coordinates | |
| type | Shield volcano |
| volcanic_field | Marie Byrd Land Volcanic Province |
| age | Unknown |
| last_eruption | Pleistocene |
| :: |
| name = Mount Murphy | photo = Mt Murphy, Antarctica.jpg | photo_caption = Aerial view of Mount Murphy | elevation_m = 2705 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 2055 | prominence_ref = | listing = Ultra, Ribu | location = Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica | map = Antarctica | map_caption = Location in Antarctica | map_size = | label = | label_position = | coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | topo = | type = Shield volcano | volcanic_field = Marie Byrd Land Volcanic Province | age = Unknown | last_eruption = Pleistocene | first_ascent = | easiest_route =
Mount Murphy () is a snow-covered mountain with steep, rocky slopes rising to 2634 m in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It is directly south of Bear Peninsula and is bounded by Smith Glacier, Pope Glacier, and Haynes Glacier. 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.
Location
The Mount Murphy massif lies on the south shore of the Crosson Ice Shelf, which extends into the Amundsen Sea on the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land. The Haynes Glacier flows into the ice shelf to its east, and the Pope Glacier flows into the ice shelf to the west. The Roos Glacier and Vane Glacier flow from the massif towards the ice shelf. Features, clockwise from the northwest, include Kay Peak, Buettner Peak, Grew Peak, Benedict Peak, Eisberg Head, Callender Peak, Boyd Head, Hawkins Peak, Bucher Peak, Sechrist Peak, Dorrel Rock, Turtle Peak, Hedin Nunatak.
Mapping and name
Mount Murphy was delineated from aerial photographs taken by United States Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947. It was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Robert Cushman Murphy of the American Museum of Natural History, noted authority on Antarctic and sub-Antarctic bird life. While serving on the whaler, he charted the Bay of Isles region of South Georgia.
Glaciers
Haynes Glacier
Pope Glacier
Main article: Pope Glacier
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Pope_Glacier_(30773822331).jpg" caption="Pope Glacier in November 2016"] ::
Roos Glacier
Vane Glacier
Features
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/C75108s1_Ant.Map_Mount_Murphy.jpg" caption="Mount Murphy in upper center of map"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/MountMurphyMap.jpg" caption="Mount Murphy"] ::
Kay Peak
Buettner Peak
Grew Peak
Benedict Peak
Eisberg Head
Callender Peak
Boyd Head
Hawkins Peak
Bucher Peak
Sechrist Peak
Dorrel Rock
Main article: Dorrel Rock
Turtle Peak
Hedin Nunatak
References
Sources
- {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-12-03 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C75108s1_Ant.Map_Mount_Murphy.jpg |accessdate=2024-04-11 |title=Mount Murphy |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}
References
- [http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/antarctica.html "Antarctica Ultra-Prominences"] Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-09-07.
- "Murphy".
- (April 17, 2025). "West Antarctica Ranges - World Ribus".
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