Mont Ross
Mont Ross on the other side of the Golfe de Morbihan
Highest point
Elevation1,850 m (6,070 ft)[1]
Prominence1,850 m (6,070 ft)[1]
ListingUltra
Coordinates49°35′32″S 69°29′45″E / 49.59222°S 69.49583°E / -49.59222; 69.49583[1]
Geography
Mont Ross is located in Kerguelen
Mont Ross
Mont Ross
Location in Kerguelen
LocationKerguelen Islands, southern Indian Ocean France
Parent rangeGallieni Massif
Geology
Age of rock66 million years
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Last eruption101BCE
Climbing
First ascent1975
Easiest routeUnknown

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.[2] The volcano is composed primarily of trachybasalt and was active during the late Pleistocene. Eruptives have been dated between 2 million years to 100,000 years old.[3]:2

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.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Australia, New Zealand, Oceania Ultra-Prominence Page" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
  2. "Massif Gallieni". Mapcarta. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  3. Weis, D; Frey, FA; Schlich, R; Schaming, M; Montigny, R; Damasceno, D; Mattielli, N; Nicolaysen, KE; Scoates, JS (2002). "Trace of the Kerguelen mantle plume: Evidence from seamounts between the Kerguelen Archipelago and Heard Island, Indian Ocean". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 3 (6): 1–27. doi:10.1029/2001GC000251. hdl:2429/39106. ISSN 1525-2027.


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