Mawson Peak

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Mawson Peak is an active volcanic summit on Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean and one of Australia’s highest and most remote mountains.

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Mawson Peak canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain summit
volcanic peak
accessDifficulty very high
administeredBy Australian Antarctic Division
climate sub-Antarctic
continent sub-Antarctic region of Indian Ocean
country Australia
coveredBy glaciers
discoveredBy early 19th-century sealers on Heard Island
distanceToAustralianMainland over 4000 kilometres
elevation approximately 2745 metres
approximately 9006 feet
eruptionStyle effusive lava flows
strombolian
firstAscentBy Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions party
firstAscentYear 1965
geologicalSetting Kerguelen Plateau region
linked to: Kerguelen Plateau
hasCoordinateLatitude -53.1
hasCoordinateLongitude 73.5
hasFrequentEruptions true
hasHazardType glacial and volcanic interaction
lava flows
volcanic ash emissions
hasLavaFlows true
hasSnowCover true
hasSummitCrater true
hasVolcanicActivityObservedBy satellite imagery
isActive true
isAmongHighestMountainsOf Australia
isHighestPointOf Australian external territories
Heard Island
isPartOf Big Ben massif
isRemote true
isUninhabited true
lastEruptionCentury 21st century
locatedIn Australian external territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
southern Indian Ocean
locatedOn Heard Island
mountainRange Big Ben
linked to: Great Bell
namedAfter Douglas Mawson
Sir Douglas Mawson
linked to: Douglas Mawson
nearestContinent Antarctica
nearestInhabitedLand Kerguelen Islands
prominence approximately 2745 metres
protectedArea Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve
UNESCOStatus part of Heard and McDonald Islands World Heritage Site
volcanicArcOrBelt Kerguelen hotspot region
linked to: Kerguelen hotspot
volcanoType stratovolcano

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