Mawson Peak
French Southern Territories /
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mountain, volcano, summit
Elevation: 2,745 metres (9,006 ft)
Mawson Peak is a mountain peak on Heard Island, an Australian territory in the Southern Ocean. It is the highest peak in any state or territory of Australia. An active complex volcano, Mawson Peak is the summit of the Big Ben massif. It 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.
Mawson Peak is a mountain peak on Heard Island, an Australian territory in the Southern Ocean. It is the highest peak in any state or territory of Australia. An active complex volcano, Mawson Peak is the summit of the Big Ben massif. It 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.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mawson_Peak
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Coordinates: 53°6'13"S 73°31'1"E
- Dixon Hill 5.8 km
- Big Ben 7.3 km
- Lambeth Bluff 8.5 km
- Anzac Peak 20 km
- Mont Ross 483 km
- Montagnes Vertes 495 km
- Cook Glacier 541 km
- Mont Marion-Dufresne 1693 km
- Mont Richard-Foy 1843 km
- Mount Codrington 1520 m 1853 km
- Big Ben 1.6 km
- Heard Island 2.8 km
- Stephenson Glacier 6.1 km
- Vahsel Glacier 7.8 km
- Fiftyone Glacier 8.2 km
- Compton Lagoon 10 km
- Corinthian Bay 11 km
- Stephenson Lagoon 12 km
- Laurens Peninsula 18 km
- Elephant Spit 18 km