Name StatusOfficial ValidatedFeatureMountainNZ Gazette Reference2012 (53) p.1477DatumRSRGD2000GeoTag[1] PositionDescriptionA conspicuous volcanic cone, about 2590m high, at the back of Cape Washington, and between Terra Nova Bay and Wood Bay in Victoria Land. Discovered in January 1841 by Ross, who named it for Lord Melbourne, who was the British Prime Minister when the expedition was planned, and who gave it much encouragement. It is so strikingly similar in outline to Mt Etna in Sicily that on both ships it went first by that name. It is the most magnificent landmark on this part of the coast.
