Mount Murphy

Mount Murphy is a massive, snow-covered and highly eroded shield volcano in Marie Byrd Land of West Antarctica with steep, rocky slopes. It is directly south of Bear Peninsula and is bounded by the Smith, Pope and Haynes Glaciers. 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]

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[1]
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]

Delineated from aerial photographs taken by US Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947. Named by 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.