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The approach was made from Geehi Valley. After climbing Hannel’s Spur, the peak now named Mount Townsend was reached. Here Strzelecki used his instruments to make observations. Mt Townsend is Australia's second highest mountain, adjacent to and almost the same height as Mt Kosciuszko, and Strzelecki saw that the neighbouring peak was slightly ...
Topographic map of South America. This article lists the highest natural elevation of each sovereign state on the continent of South America, defined physiographically.
⦁ South America Aconcagua, Argentina: 6960 m 22,835 ft Laguna del Carbón, Argentina: −105 m −344 ft: 7065 m 23,179 ft ⦁ Oceania: Puncak Jaya, Indonesia: 4884 m 16,024 ft Lake Eyre, Australia −15 m −49 ft: 4899 m 16,073 ft ⦁ Australasia: Aoraki / Mount Cook, New Zealand 3724 m 12,218 ft Lake Eyre, Australia −15 m
At nearly 7,000 m (23,000 ft), [33] Aconcagua is the highest peak outside of Asia. [34] It is believed to have the highest death rate of any mountain in South America — around three a year — which has earned it the nickname "Mountain of Death". More than 100 people have died on Aconcagua since records began.
In Australia's 7,686,850 square kilometres (2,967,910 sq mi) area, there is only a 2,244 metres (7,362 ft) difference between the highest and lowest points, which gives a ratio of 292 micrometres (0.0115 in) per km 2.
All of mainland Australia's alpine areas, including its highest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko (2,228 metres or 7,310 feet AHD), are part of this range, called the Main Range. [4] The highest areas in southern New South Wales and eastern Victoria are known as the Australian Alps.
Chimborazo is only the 39 th tallest mountain in the Andes, when measured from sea level, but there was a brief time in the 19 th century when it was thought to be the world’s highest peak.
While Mt McClintock (3,490 m (11,450 ft)) is located within the claimed Australian Antarctic Territory and is also claimed as Australia's highest peak, it is again not in Oceania. [14] If excluding the island of New Guinea, then Aoraki / Mount Cook on the South Island of New Zealand is the highest mountain in Australasia at 3,724 m (12,218 ft).