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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Label Occurrences
Mawson Peak canonical 3

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Statements (48)

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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