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Mawson Peak

Mawson Peak
Mountain information
NameMawson Peak
Elevation9005.9 ft (2745 m)
Prominence9005.9 ft (2745 m)
ListingCountry high point
Ultra
LocationHeard Island, Australia
RangeBig Ben
TypeComplex volcano

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Mawson Peak is a mountain on Heard Island, an external Australian territory in the Southern Ocean. With its summit at 2745 m (9005.9 ft), it is the second highest peak in any state or territory of Australia, surpassed only by the 3490 m (11450.1 ft) Mount McClintock in the Britannia Range in Australian Antarctic Territory. An active complex volcano (its last eruption occurred in 1993), Mawson Peak is the summit of the Big Ben massif.


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