Mount Early and Sheridan Bluff, QMM

We now shift our attention from the Balleny Islands to the head of the Scott Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains (QMM) (Sections 2.2, 6.4, and 10.4.2) 

Early (2,720 m) in Fig. 16.43 is located south of Mt. Weaver at the head of the Scott Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains. It is the most southerly volcano on Earth located at 87°04 S and 153°46 W. Although Mt. Early was discovered in 1934, it was first described by G.A. Doumani and V.H. Minshew who worked in the area during the 1962/63field season (Section 10.4.2 Doumani and Minshew 1965). Mt. Early was visited again during the 1978/79 field season by a geological field party led by E. Stump (Stump et al. 1980). 

Sheridan Bluff in Fig. 16.43 is located north of Mt. Weaver and about 20 km north of Mt. Early at 86°53 S, 153°30 W. This locality was briefly described by 

Doumani and Minshew (1965), and Stump et al. (1980) measured a stratigraphic section of the volcanic rocks exposed on Sheridan Bluff. Both localities are identified on the geologic map of Mirsky (1969) and were described by Stump et al. (1990a, b). 

These sites are significant in the geology of the Transantarctic Mountains because they fix the position 

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