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Mountain on Gough Island in the subantarctic South Atlantic For the point in the South Shetland Islands, see Edinburgh Hill.

Edinburgh Peak
Edinburgh Peak is located in South AtlanticEdinburgh PeakEdinburgh PeakGough Island, St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, UK
Highest point
Elevation902 m (2,959 ft)
Coordinates40°18′7″S 9°57′47″W / 40.30194°S 9.96306°W / -40.30194; -9.96306
Geography
LocationGough Island, St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, UK
Climbing
First ascentunknown

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

Geography

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

See also

References

  1. ^ 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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