Mount Abbott (74°42′S 163°50′E / 74.700°S 163.833°E / -74.700; 163.833) is a mountain 1,020 metres (3,346 ft) high, which stands five kilometres (3 mi) northeast of Cape Canwe and is the highest point in the Northern Foothills, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It overlooks Terra Nova Bay. It was mapped by the Northern Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–1913, and named after Petty Officer George P. Abbott, Royal Navy, a member of the expedition.[1]

The mountain is a basanitic cinder cone of the Melbourne Volcanic Province of the McMurdo Volcanic Group. It has been dated to 0.628 ± 0.015 million years old.[2]

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  1. ↑ Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Mount Abbott". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ "K/Ar and Rb/Sr dating of McMurdo Volcanic Group (north of Campbell Glacier)" (PDF). Geological Society of America. p. 2.
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