Mawson Peak

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Mawson Peak
Elevation	2,745 metres (9,006 ft)
Location	Heard Island, Australia
Range	Big Ben
Prominence	2,745 m (9,006 ft)
Coordinates	53°6′0″S 73°31′0″E / -53.1, 73.51667Coordinates: 53°6′0″S 73°31′0″E / -53.1, 73.51667
Topo map	RAN Heard Island 291
Type	Complex volcano

Mawson Peak is a 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.

[edit] References

LeMasurier, W. E.; Thomson, J. W. (eds.) (1990). Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. American Geophysical Union, 512 pp. ISBN 0-87590-172-7.
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