Edinburgh Peak

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Edinburgh Peak
Highest point
Elevation 902 m (2,959 ft) [1]
Coordinates 40°18′7″S9°57′47″W / 40.30194°S 9.96306°W / -40.30194; -9.96306 [1]
Geography
Location Gough Island, St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, UK
Climbing
First ascent unknown

Edinburgh Peak is the highest mountain in Gough Island, South Atlantic Ocean. [1]

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Geography

This 902 m (2,959 ft) [1] high peak is the highest point of a ridge that runs in a roughly NW/SE direction in the central area of Gough Island. [2] Slightly lower Expedition Peak is located close to it. [3] The island is part of the Tristan da Cunha Archipelago, an outlying territory of the United Kingdom. [4] The mountain is an extinct volcano which erupted about 2,400 years ago. [5] [6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Google Earth
  2. ↑ Susan Britt-Gallagher, Tricia Hayne, St Helena: Ascension. Tristan Da Cunha, p. 180
  3. ↑ Gough Island Helicopter flight past Edinburgh/Expedition Peak
  4. ↑ A number of sources give an elevation of 910 m (2,990 ft). Scott Polar Research Institute - Gough Island Scientific Survey, 1955-56
  5. ↑ Tristan da Cunha Island Group and Gough Island
  6. ↑ Tristan da Cunha Gough Island - Tristandc.com


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