Mount Terra Nova

Mount Terra Nova (-77.51667°N, 167.95°W) is a snow-covered mountain, 2,130 m 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.

Location
Mount Terra Nova lies between Mount Erebus to the west and Mount Terror to the east. It is south of Lewis Bay and north of Windless Bight. The Aurora Glacier and Terror Glacier drain its southern slopes.

Geology
Mount Terra Nova is a dormant volcano. It is in the Erebus province of the McMurdo Volcanic Group. The blue-ice area at the summit has a diverse range of tephra. A 2014 study found seven layers: two phonolitic, one trachybasaltic, one trachytic, and two with a mixture of basanite, trachybasalt, phonolite, and trachyte glass shards. Immediately below the summit there are outcrops of basalt, olivine basalt, and scoria. Most of the outcrops are covered in basalt, trachyte, and scoria glacial rubble. Lower down on the mountain there are some partially dissected vents and some flows of olivine basalt, basalt, scoria, and pyroclastics.

Seismic activity
Between 1983 and 1984 a network of ten stations on Ross Island recorded 157 small earthquakes. An analysis of epicenters showed a linear pattern cutting across and beyond the island. Most of this activity was below Mount Terra Nova. The depths were from 0 to 25 km, with an average depth of 8.2 km.

Terror Saddle
-77.51667°N, 168.08333°W. One of three prominent snow saddles on Ross Island, located about 1600 m high between Mount Terra Nova and Mount Terror. Named in association with Mount Terror, which rises to 3262 m high to the east of this saddle.

Oamaru Peak
-77.46667°N, 167.9°W. A peak 2 nmi north of Mount Terra Nova. The feature rises to about 1000 m high 1 nmi north of Caldwell Peak. Named by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) (2000) after Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand, the port the Terra Nova first visited after the death of Captain Robert F. Scott.

Caldwell Peak
-77.48333°N, 167.9°W. A peak 2 nmi north of Mount Terra Nova. The feature rises to about 1300 m high 1 nmi south of Oamaru Peak. At the suggestion of P.R. Kyle, named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2000) after David A. Caldwell, geologist, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, who worked two field seasons on Mount Erebus (first one, 1986-87); completed M.S. thesis on lava flows at the Mount Erebus summit.