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Mount Bird, the Glossary

Mount Bird is a high shield volcano standing about south of Cape Bird, the northern extremity of Ross Island.^[1]

22 relations: Antarctica, Basalt, Cape Bird, Cinder cone, Continent, Discovery Expedition, Lava dome, Lewis Bay, McMurdo Volcanic Group, Mount Bird, Mount Erebus, New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee, New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, Phonolite, Quaternary, Robert Falcon Scott, Ross Dependency, Ross Island, Shield volcano, United States Board on Geographic Names, Walter Nash, Wohlschlag Bay.
Peninsulas of the Ross Dependency
Pliocene shield volcanoes
Shield volcanoes of Antarctica
Volcanoes of Ross Island

Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.

Basalt is an aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the surface of a rocky planet or moon.

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Cape Bird

Cape Bird is a cape which marks the north extremity of Ross Island in Antarctica.

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Cinder cone

A cinder cone (or scoria cone) is a steep conical hill of loose pyroclastic fragments, such as volcanic clinkers, volcanic ash, or scoria that has been built around a volcanic vent.

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Continent

A continent is any of several large geographical regions.

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Discovery Expedition

The Discovery Expedition of 1901–1904, known officially as the British National Antarctic Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since the voyage of James Clark Ross sixty years earlier (1839–1843).

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Lava dome

In volcanology, a lava dome is a circular, mound-shaped protrusion resulting from the slow extrusion of viscous lava from a volcano.

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Lewis Bay

Lewis Bay is a bay indenting the north coast of Ross Island, Antarctica, between Mount Bird and Cape Tennyson.

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McMurdo Volcanic Group

The McMurdo Volcanic Group is a large group of Cenozoic volcanic rocks in the western Ross Sea and central Transantarctic Mountains areas of Antarctica.

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Mount Bird

Mount Bird is a high shield volcano standing about south of Cape Bird, the northern extremity of Ross Island. Mount Bird and Mount Bird are Peninsulas of the Ross Dependency, Pliocene shield volcanoes, Polygenetic shield volcanoes, shield volcanoes of Antarctica and Volcanoes of Ross Island.

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Mount Erebus

Mount Erebus is the second-highest volcano in Antarctica (after Mount Sidley), the highest active volcano in Antarctica, and the southernmost active volcano on Earth. Mount Bird and Mount Erebus are Volcanoes of Ross Island.

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New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee

New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) is an adjudicating committee established to authorize the naming of features in the Ross Dependency on the Antarctic continent.

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New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition

The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica.

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Phonolite

Phonolite is an uncommon shallow intrusive or extrusive rock, of intermediate chemical composition between felsic and mafic, with texture ranging from aphanitic (fine-grained) to porphyritic (mixed fine- and coarse-grained).

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Quaternary

The Quaternary is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS).

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Robert Falcon Scott

Captain Robert Falcon Scott (6 June 1868 – c. 29 March 1912) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the ''Discovery'' expedition of 1901–04 and the ''Terra Nova'' expedition of 1910–13.

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Ross Dependency

The Ross Dependency is a region of Antarctica defined by a sector originating at the South Pole, passing along longitudes 160° east to 150° west, and terminating at latitude 60° south.

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Ross Island

Ross Island is an island in Antarctica lying on the east side of McMurdo Sound and extending from Cape Bird in the north to Cape Armitage in the south, and a similar distance from Cape Royds in the west to Cape Crozier in the east.

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Shield volcano

A shield volcano is a type of volcano named for its low profile, resembling a shield lying on the ground.

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United States Board on Geographic Names

The United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is a federal body operating under the United States Secretary of the Interior.

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Walter Nash

Sir Walter Nash (12 February 1882 – 4 June 1968) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 27th prime minister of New Zealand in the Second Labour Government from 1957 to 1960.

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Wohlschlag Bay

Wohlschlag Bay is a large bay indenting the western side of Ross Island, Antarctica, and lying between Harrison Bluff and Cape Royds.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Bird

Also known as Alexander Hill (Ross Island), Beeby Peak, Bird Saddle, Cinder Hill, Endeavour Piedmont Glacier, Fitzgerald Hill, Fitzgerald Stream, Harrison Bluff, Harrison Stream, Inclusion Hill, Kaka Nunatak, Kakapo Nunatak, Kea Nunataks, Keys Hill, Keys Point, Nash Peak, Norman Crag, Palais Bluff, Quaternary Icefall, Romanes Beach, Ruru Crests, Shell Glacier, Takahe Nunatak, Trachyte Hill, Waipuke Beach, Wilson Stream, Wong Peak.