Edinburgh Peak

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

For the point in the South Shetland Islands, see Edinburgh Hill.
Edinburgh Peak
Edinburgh Peak
Gough Island, St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, UK
Highest point
Elevation902 m (2,959 ft) [1]
Coordinates40°18′7″S 9°57′47″W [1]
Geography
LocationGough Island, St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, UK
Climbing
First ascentunknown

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]

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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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