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Mont Ross

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Prominence
  
1,850 m (6,070 ft)

Last eruption
  
Unknown

First ascent
  
1975

Listing
  
Ultra-prominent peak

Mountain type
  
Stratovolcano

Elevation
  
1,850 m

Parent range
  
Gallieni Massif

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Location
  
Kerguelen Islands, southern Indian Ocean

Similar
  
Pic du Mascarin, Mawson Peak, Monte Emilius, Mount Terror, Peter I Island

Mont Ross is a stratovolcano, the highest mountain in the Kerguelen Islands at 1,850 metres (6,070 ft). It is located in the Gallieni Massif, at the end of the Gallieni Peninsula, east of Baie Larose on the main island of Grande Terre. The volcano is composed primarily of trachybasalt and was active during the late Pleistocene.

Contents

Map of Mont Ross, French Southern and Antarctic Lands

History

Mont Ross was named after explorer Sir James Clark Ross. The first human being to set foot on its summit was French military engineer Henri Journoud, using a helicopter, in the early 1960s. The mountain was, however, first climbed in 1975 by Jean Afanassieff and Patrick Cordier, the last French mountain to be climbed.

References

Mont Ross Wikipedia


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