Mount Murphy

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Mount Murphy is a large, mostly ice-covered volcanic massif in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica.

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Mount Murphy canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain ⓘ
volcanic massif ⓘ
continent Antarctica ⓘ
country Antarctica ⓘ
coveredBy ice ⓘ
discoveredBy United States Antarctic Service Expedition ⓘ
discoveryDate 1939–1941 ⓘ
elevation approximately 2700 m ⓘ
approximately 8858 ft ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
geologicalType shield volcano ⓘ
governedBy Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
hasActivityStatus possibly extinct ⓘ
hasCharacteristic large ⓘ
mostly ice-covered ⓘ
hasComposition basaltic lavas ⓘ
pyroclastic rocks ⓘ
hasCoordinateSystem geographic coordinates in degrees of latitude and longitude ⓘ
hasGlacialFeature flanked by outlet glaciers ⓘ
hasHumanSettlement none ⓘ
hasResearchInterest climate change impacts on ice sheets ⓘ
glaciology ⓘ
volcanology ⓘ
hasSlope gentler western slopes ⓘ
steep eastern slopes ⓘ
hasSummitFeature ice-covered summit ⓘ
isPartOf West Antarctic Rift System volcanic belt ⓘ
isRemote true ⓘ
lastEruption unknown ⓘ
locatedIn Antarctica ⓘ
Marie Byrd Land ⓘ
West Antarctica ⓘ
locatedOn Walgreen Coast ⓘ
mappedBy United States Geological Survey ⓘ
mappedUsing U.S. Navy air photos ⓘ
mountainRange Walgreen Coast region of Marie Byrd Land ⓘ
namedAfter Robert Cushman Murphy ⓘ
nameEtymology named for American ornithologist Robert Cushman Murphy ⓘ
near Cosgrove Ice Shelf ⓘ
Getz Ice Shelf ⓘ
overlooks Cosgrove Ice Shelf ⓘ
eastern Getz Ice Shelf ⓘ
linked to: Getz Ice Shelf
partOf Marie Byrd Land volcanic province ⓘ
region Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica ⓘ
volcanicField Marie Byrd Land volcanic province ⓘ

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