Little Matterhorn
Little Matterhorn is a rocky peak, 1,480 metres high, formed by a small volcanic cone 1.1 nautical miles north-northwest of Fremantle Peak, on the north flank of Big Ben, the dominating mountain on Heard Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Challenger Glacier and Fremantle Peak.
Challenger Glacier
Glacier
Challenger Glacier is a tidewater glacier on the north side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. Located 1 nautical mile east of Baudissin Glacier, Challenger Glacier is 0.8 nautical miles wide and flows into the eastern side of Corinthian Bay, close west to Saddle Point.
Fremantle Peak
Peak
Fremantle Peak is a peak, 2,375 metres high, standing 0.4 nautical miles northeast of the Dome, near the summit of Heard Island. It was surveyed in 1948 by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions, and named by them after the port of Fremantle, the final point of embarkation for the expedition.
Baudissin Glacier
Glacier
Baudissin Glacier is a tidewater glacier on the north side of Heard Island. in the southern Indian Ocean. Located 1 nautical mile west of Challenger Glacier, Baudissin Glacier is 1.5 nautical miles wide and flows into the western part of Corinthian Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saddle Point and Cape Bidlingmaier.
Saddle Point
Locality
Saddle Point is a rocky point separating Corinthian Bay and Mechanics Bay on the north coast of Heard Island in the Antarctic. The terminus of Challenger Glacier is located at the eastern side of Corinthian Bay, close west to Saddle Point.
Cape Bidlingmaier
Locality
Cape Bidlingmaier is a rocky cape at the east side of the entrance to Mechanics Bay, on the north side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. The feature appears to have been known to American sealers as Morgan's Point, as shown by Captain H.C.
Erratic Point
Locality
Erratic Point is a small, moss-covered point at the head of South West Bay, 1.3 nautical miles northeast of Cape Gazert, on the west side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. Erratic Point is situated 8 km west of Little Matterhorn.
Little Matterhorn
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,480 metres
- Description: volcano on Heard Island
- Categories: mountain, volcano, and landform
- Location: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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Latitude
-53.06826° or 53° 4′ 6″ southLongitude
73.50044° or 73° 30′ 2″ eastElevation
1,480 metres (4,856 feet)Open location code
3JRMWGJ2+M5OpenStreetMap ID
node 2854192045OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Swedish—“Little Matterhorn” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Little Matterhorn”
- Cebuano: “Little Matterhorn (tumoy sa bukid sa Heard Island and McDonald Islands)”
- Cebuano: “Little Matterhorn”
- Dutch: “Little Matterhorn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ليتل ماتيرورن”
- French: “Little Matterhorn”
- German: “Little Matterhorn”
- Ladin: “Little Matterhorn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Little Matterhorn”
- Swedish: “Little Matterhorn (bergstopp i Heard- och McDonaldöarna)”
- Swedish: “Little Matterhorn”
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