Parasite Cone
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Parasite Cone is a small parasite cone on the northwest flank of Mount Overlord
, 6.5 nautical miles (12 km) distant from the latter's summit, in the Mountaineer Range
, Victoria Land
. Given this descriptive name by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
(NZGSAE), 1962-63.
Mount Overlord
Mount Overlord is a very large mountain which is an extinct stratovolcano, situated at the northwest limit of Deception Plateau, 50 miles inland from the Ross Sea and just east of the head of Aviator Glacier in Victoria Land. Its assymetrial cone is on the edge of a plateau above Aviator Glacier...
, 6.5 nautical miles (12 km) distant from the latter's summit, in the Mountaineer Range
Mountaineer Range
Mountaineer Range is the range of mountains lying between the Mariner and Aviator Glaciers in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The seaward parts of the range were first viewed by Ross in 1841, and subsequently by several British and later American expeditions. The precise mapping of its overall features...
, Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. Given this descriptive name by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active in 1957-58 and again in 1958-59. The 1957-58 expedition went to the Ross Dependency and named the Borchgrevink Glacier...
(NZGSAE), 1962-63.