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Mawson Peak

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Mawson Peak
Mawson Peak
Mawson Peak, Heard Island.
Satellite image of the southern tip of Heard Island. Cape Arkona is seen on the left side of the image, with Lied Glacier just above and Gotley Glacier just below. Big Ben Volcano and Mawson Peak are seen at the lower right side of the image.
Elevation 2,745 m (9,006 ft) [1]
Prominence 2,745 m (9,006 ft)
Listing Country high point
Ultra
Location

Mawson Peak is located in Indian Ocean

Mawson Peak

Location of Heard Island
Location Heard Island, Australia
Range Big Ben
Coordinates 53°6′00″S 73°31′00″E / 53.1°S 73.5166667°ECoordinates: 53°6′00″S 73°31′00″E / 53.1°S 73.5166667°E
Topo map RAN Heard Island 291
Geology
Type Complex volcano

Mawson Peak is a mountain on Heard Island, an external Australian territory in the Southern Ocean. With its summit at 2,745 metres (9,006 ft), it is the second highest peak in any state or territory of Australia,[2] surpassed only by the 3,490 metres (11,450 ft) Mount McClintock in the Britannia Range in Australian Antarctic Territory.[3] An active complex volcano (its last eruption occurred in 1993[4]), Mawson Peak is the summit of the Big Ben massif.

Discovery and naming

Mawson Peak was named by the 1948 ANARE Heard Island Expedition after Sir Douglas Mawson, the leader of BANZARE 1929-31, who visited the island in November – December 1929.[5]

See also

References

External links

Categories:

  • Mountains of Australia
  • Complex volcanoes
  • Volcanoes of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
  • Australia geography stubs

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