| 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 |
| 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 | |
| Age of rock | 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 2,505 metres (8,219 ft) in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It is directly south of Bear Peninsula and is bounded by Smith Glacier, Pope Glacier, and Haynes Glacier.[3] 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.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 516.