Mount Terror

Mount Terror is an extinct volcano about 3,230 metres high on , Antarctica, about 20 nautical miles eastward of . Mount Terror was named in 1841 by polar explorer James Clark Ross after his second ship, .
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  • Volcano rising to 3,278 metres (10,755 feet)
  • …is also known as “Terror, Mount”
  • …is named after HMS Terror
  • Description: volcano on Ross Island, Antarctica

Places of Interest

Highlights include Moore Peak and Sutherland, Mount.
Mount Terror is an extinct volcano about 3,230 metres…
Mount Terror is an extinct volcano about 3,230 metres…
The Kyle Hills are a prominent group of volcanic…
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Latitude
-77.51667° or 77° 31′ south
Longitude
168.53333° or 168° 32′ east
Open location code
2VJCFGMM+88
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Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Mount Terror” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبل تيرور”
  • Armenian: “Տեռոր լեռ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Terror vulkanı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Terror”
  • Basque: “Terror mendia”
  • Bosnian: “Mount Terror”
  • Catalan: “Mont Terror”
  • Cebuano: “Terror”
  • Chinese: “特羅爾山”
  • Dutch: “Mount Terror”
  • Dutch: “Terrorberg”
  • Esperanto: “Monto Teruro”
  • French: “Mont Terror”
  • Georgian: “ტერორის მთა”
  • German: “Mount Terror”
  • Greek: “Όρος Τρόμος”
  • Hebrew: “הר טרור”
  • Hungarian: “Mount Terror”
  • Italian: “Monte Terror”
  • Italian: “Terror”
  • Japanese: “テラー山”
  • Kazakh: “Террор”
  • Korean: “터러 산”
  • Korean: “테러산”
  • Ladin: “Mount Terror”
  • Latvian: “Terors”
  • Lithuanian: “Teroras”
  • Macedonian: “Терор”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Terror”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount Terror”
  • Norwegian: “Mount Terror”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Mont Terror”
  • Polish: “Terror”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Terror”
  • Russian: “Вулкан Террор”
  • Russian: “Террор”
  • Serbian: “Планина Терор (Антарктик)”
  • Serbian: “Планина Терор”
  • Slovak: “Mount Terror”
  • Slovak: “Terror”
  • Spanish: “Monte Terror”
  • Spanish: “Terror”
  • Swahili: “Mlima Terror”
  • Swedish: “Mount Terror”
  • Swedish: “Terror”
  • Turkish: “Terör Dağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Террор”
  • Venetian: “Monte Terror”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Mount Terror”.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ohau Peak and Manahan Peak.

Antarctica: Highlights

Learn more about Livingston Island and Villa Las Estrellas.
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