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[[File:Mt Murphy-Antarctica.jpg|400px|thumb|Aerial view of Mt. Murphy]] | [[File:Mt Murphy-Antarctica.jpg|400px|thumb|Aerial view of Mt. Murphy]] | ||
'''Mount Murphy''' is a massive, snow-covered and highly eroded shield volcano with steep, rocky slopes. It is directly south of the [[Bear Peninsula]] in [[Westarctica]]. The mountain is bounded by the [[Smith Glacier|Smith]], [[Pope Glacier|Pope]], and [[Haynes Glacier]]s. | '''Mount Murphy''' is a massive, snow-covered and highly eroded shield volcano with steep, rocky slopes. It is directly south of the [[Bear Peninsula]] in [[Westarctica]]. The mountain is bounded by the [[Smith Glacier|Smith]], [[Pope Glacier|Pope]], and [[Haynes Glacier]]s. Its lower slopes terminate at the [[Crosson Ice Shelf]]. | ||
==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
Mount Murphy was delineated from aerial photographs taken by | Mount Murphy was delineated from aerial photographs taken by [[U.S. Navy]] Operation Highjump in January 1947. Named by US-ACAN for Robert Cushman Murphy of the American Museum of Natural History, noted authority on [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] and sub-Antarctic bird life. While serving on a [[whaling]] ship, he charted the Bay of Isles region of South Georgia. | ||
==Ecology== | |||
During a 1968 biological survey of [[Marie Byrd Land]], Mount Murphy was one of the few locations where [[snow petrel]]s were discovered. In addition to the petrels, the survey team also found algae. | |||
==Features== | ==Features== | ||
* Bucher Peak (75°20′S 110°52′W) at 2,445 meters (8,020 ft), is one of the highest peaks in the west-central summit area of the Mount Murphy massif. | * [[Bucher Peak]] (75°20′S 110°52′W) at 2,445 meters (8,020 ft), is one of the highest peaks in the west-central summit area of the Mount Murphy massif. | ||
* Buettner Peak is a sharp peak rising midway along the north wall of Roos Glacier in the northwest part of the Mount Murphy massif. | |||
* Buettner Peak is a sharp peak rising midway along the north wall of | |||
* [[Dorrel Rock]] | * [[Dorrel Rock]] | ||
[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | [[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | ||
[[Category:Mountains]] | [[Category:Mountains]] | ||