Budd Peak

Budd Peak is a peak, 2,315 metres high, 1.7 nautical miles southeast of Mawson Peak on Heard Island. The peak was mapped by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1948, and named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for G.M.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mawson Peak and Heard Island.

Mawson Peak

Volcano

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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.

Heard Island

Island

Photo: Tristannew, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands is an Australian external territory in the southern Indian Ocean. Discovered in the mid-19th century, the territory is a group of sub-Antarctic volcanic islands that lie on the Kerguelen Plateau.

Campbell Peak

Peak

Campbell Peak is a peak, 2,415 metres high, standing 1.2 nautical miles northeast of Mawson Peak, the summit of Heard Island. It was surveyed in 1948 by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions, who named it for Group-Captain Stuart Campbell, Royal Australian Air Force.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cape Lockyer and Cape Labuan.

Cape Lockyer

Locality

Cape Lockyer is a steep rock headland 1.5 nautical miles northeast of Lambeth Bluff on the southeast side of Heard Island. It was surveyed in 1948 by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions and named by them for Lieutenant H.C.J. Cape Lockyer is situated 8 km southeast of Budd Peak.

Cape Labuan

Locality

Cape Labuan is a rocky point midway between Cape Arkona and Lavett Bluff, forming the southwest extremity of Heard Island. It was charted in 1948 by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions and named after HMAS Labuan, a relief ship for the expedition. Cape Labuan is situated 9 km southwest of Budd Peak.

Cape Arkona

Locality

Photo: NASA, Public domain.

Cape Arkona is a rocky headland between the mouths of Lied Glacier and Gotley Glacier on the southwest side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. Cape Arkona is situated 9 km southwest of Budd Peak.

Budd Peak

Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,158 metres
Description: mountain on Heard Island
Categories: mountain and landform
Location: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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Latitude

-53.11838° or 53° 7′ 6″ south

Longitude

73.55303° or 73° 33′ 11″ east

Elevation

2,158 metres (7,080 feet)

Open location code

3JRMVHJ3+J6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2772303785

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

10787467

Wikidata ID

Q4984113

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Budd Peak” goes by many names.

Chinese: “巴德峰”
Dutch: “Budd Peak”
Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بود پياك”
German: “Budd Peak”
Ladin: “Budd Peak”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Budd Peak på Heardøya”

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