Mawson Peak
Mawson Peak is an active volcanic summit of the Big Ben volcanic massif on Heard Island, an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean. With an elevation of 2,745 metres, it is higher than any peak on the Australian mainland and, among Australian mountains, is surpassed only by mountains in the Australian Antarctic Territory.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Volcano rising to 2,745 metres (9,006 feet)
- …is also known as “Big Ben”
- …is named after Douglas Mawson
- Description: volcano on Heard Island
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Mawson Peak
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- Location: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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Latitude
-53.10424° or 53° 6′ 15″ south
Longitude
73.51667° or 73° 31′ east
Open location code
3JRMVGW8+8M
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Mawson Peak” goes by many names.
قمة ماوسونArabic
قمة موسونArabic
MausonAzerbaijani
Mouson-PikAzerbaijani
Mawson PeakBasque
ম্যাওসন শৃঙ্গBengali
မော်ဆန်တောင်ထိပ်Burmese
Mawson PeakCatalan
Mawson PeakCebuano
莫森峰Chinese
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Mawson PeakDanish
Mawson PeakDutch
جبل ماوسون پياكEgyptian Arabic
Monto MawsonEsperanto
Pico MawsonGalician
मॉसन पीकHindi
Puncak MawsonIndonesian
Mawson PeakItalian
モーソン・ピークJapanese
МаусонKazakh
Mawson PeakLadin
Mosona smaileLatvian
Mawson PeakLuxembourgish
МосонMacedonian
მოუსონ პიკიMingrelian
راس ماوسونMoroccan Arabic
Mawson PeakNorwegian Bokmål
Mawson PeakNorwegian Nynorsk
قله ماوسونPersian
Mawson PeakPolish
МоусонRussian
Моусон-ПикRussian
Mawson PeakSlovenian
Mawson PeakSwahili
Mawson PeakSwedish
மோசன் மலைTamil
Моусон-ПікUkrainian
Пік МоусонUkrainian
Mawson PeakVenetian
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