Ball's Pyramid

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Ball's Pyramid is a dramatic, sheer-sided volcanic sea stack in the Pacific Ocean, renowned as the world’s tallest and located near Australia’s Lord Howe Island.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf uninhabited island ⓘ
volcanic rock formation ⓘ
volcanic sea stack ⓘ
access by boat under permit ⓘ
activities scientific research ⓘ
technical rock climbing (restricted) ⓘ
administeredBy State of New South Wales ⓘ
linked to: New South Wales
appearance sheer-sided, needle-like rock spire rising from the ocean ⓘ
biodiversityNote supports limited vegetation on ledges and crevices ⓘ
climbingStatus highly restricted ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
discoveredBy Lieutenant Henry Lidgbird Ball ⓘ
discoveryYear 1788 ⓘ
distanceToLordHoweIsland_km about 20 ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel_m about 562 ⓘ
faunaNote habitat for seabird colonies ⓘ
firstAscentBy Bryden Allen ⓘ
David Witham ⓘ
Jack Pettigrew ⓘ
John Davis ⓘ
firstAscentYear 1965 ⓘ
formedFrom basalt ⓘ
geologicalAge_Ma about 6.4 ⓘ
geologicalOrigin eroded remnant of a shield volcano ⓘ
governedBy Lord Howe Island Board ⓘ
hasNearbyIslet Observatory Rock ⓘ
Wheeler Rock ⓘ
hazard steep cliffs and rough seas ⓘ
height_m about 562 ⓘ
length_km about 1.1 ⓘ
locatedIn Lord Howe Island Marine Park ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Tasman Sea ⓘ
LordHoweIslandStickInsectRediscoveryYear 2001 ⓘ
LordHoweIslandStickInsectStatus wild population rediscovered on Ball's Pyramid after presumed extinction ⓘ
namedAfter Henry Lidgbird Ball ⓘ
near Lord Howe Island ⓘ
notableFor being the world’s tallest volcanic sea stack ⓘ
notableSpecies Lord Howe Island stick insect ⓘ
partOf Lord Howe Island Group ⓘ
linked to: Lord Howe Island
protectedAreaStatus part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surfaceArea_km2 about 0.02 ⓘ
volcanicProvince Lord Howe Rise ⓘ
width_km about 0.3 ⓘ
worldHeritageSite Lord Howe Island Group ⓘ
linked to: Lord Howe Island

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Australia/Lord_Howe → appliesTo → Ball's Pyramid ⓘ
Bryden Allen → notableAscent → Ball's Pyramid ⓘ
First successful ascent of Ball's Pyramid → mountain → Ball's Pyramid ⓘ
subject linked to: Bryden Allen
Jack Pettigrew → hasClimbed → Ball's Pyramid ⓘ
Observatory Rock → locatedNear → Ball's Pyramid ⓘ
Observatory Rock → partOf → Ball's Pyramid volcanic island group ⓘ
linked to: Ball's Pyramid
Lord Howe Island stick insect → rediscoveredOn → Ball’s Pyramid ⓘ
linked to: Ball's Pyramid
Lord Howe Island stick insect → survivingWildPopulationLocation → Ball’s Pyramid ⓘ
linked to: Ball's Pyramid
Wheeler Rock → locatedNear → Ball's Pyramid ⓘ
David Witham → madeFirstAscentOf → Ball's Pyramid ⓘ
First recorded ascent of Ball's Pyramid → mountain → Ball's Pyramid ⓘ
subject linked to: David Witham
John Davis → placeOfActivity → Ball's Pyramid ⓘ
Henry Lidgbird Ball → namedAfter → Ball’s Pyramid (geological feature) ⓘ
subject linked to: Captain Henry Lidgbird Ball
linked to: Ball's Pyramid
Mount Gower → hasViewOf → Ball's Pyramid (distant view) ⓘ
linked to: Ball's Pyramid