Mount Terra Nova

Mount Terra Nova
c. 1922 panorama. Hut Point Peninsula (foreground), Mount Erebus (left), Mount Terra Nova (center) Mount Terror (right)
Highest point
Elevation2,130 m (6,990 ft)
Coordinates77°31′S 167°57′E / 77.517°S 167.950°E / -77.517; 167.950
Geography
Geology
Volcanic beltMcMurdo Volcanic Group

Mount Terra Nova is a snow-covered mountain, 2,130 metres (6,990 ft) high, between Mount Erebus and Mount Terror volcanoes on Ross Island in Antarctica. It was first mapped by the British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE) 1901–04, and named for the Terra Nova, relief ship for this expedition and the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13.

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