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  2. Heard Island and McDonald Islands - Wikipedia

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    Heard Island and McDonald Islands in the Southern Ocean A map of Heard Island and McDonald Islands. Heard Island, by far the largest of the group, is a 368-square-kilometre (142 sq mi) mountainous island covered by 41 glaciers [21] (the island is 80% covered with ice [1]) and dominated by the Big Ben massif.

  3. Geography of the Heard and McDonald Islands - Wikipedia

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    The McDonald Islands, of volcanic origin, are ice free. They are located 44 kilometres (27 mi) to the west of Heard Island at 53°02′20″S 72°36′04″E. The islands are small and rocky. In 1980, they consisted of McDonald Island (186 metres (610 ft) high), Flat Island (55 metres (180 ft) high) and Meyer Rock (170 metres (560 ft) high).

  4. McDonald Islands - Wikipedia

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    The McDonald Islands (53°3′34.9″S 72°35′32.2″E) is an uninhabited archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean in the vicinity of Heard Island (53°06′S 73°31′E). Together with Heard Island, they make up the Australian external territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands. The McDonald Islands are the emergent peaks of submarine ...

  5. Big Ben (Heard Island) - Wikipedia

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    Big Ben (previously known as Big Ben Peak, Old Ben Mountain, Emperor William Peak and Kaiser Wilhelm-Berg) [1] is a volcanic massif that dominates the geography of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. It is a stratovolcano with a diameter of about 25 km (16 mi). Its highest point is Mawson Peak, which is 2,745 m (9,006 ft) above sea level.

  6. List of glaciers of Heard Island and McDonald Islands

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    Abbotsmith Glacier. 53°06′S 73°24′E. A well-defined glacier, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) long, descending from the ice-covered west slopes of Big Ben to the west side of Heard Island between Walsh Bluff and Henderson Bluff. Surveyed in 1948 by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) who named it for John ...

  7. Schmidt Glacier (Heard Island and McDonald Islands)

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    Schmidt Glacier ( 53°3′S 73°24′E) is a glacier, 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km) long, flowing west from Baudissin Glacier between Mount Drygalski and North West Cornice, on the west side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. [ 6][ 7] To the north of Schmidt Glacier is Baudissin Glacier, whose terminus is located at the western side of ...

  8. File:Heard Island and McDonald Islands map.svg - Wikipedia

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    A map of the Heard Island and McDonald Islands, for use on voy:Heard Island and McDonald Islands: Date: 6 August 2022: Source: Own work: Author: SHB2000: Other ...

  9. Mawson Peak - Wikipedia

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    Mawson Peak is an active volcanic summit of the Big Ben massif on Heard Island, an external Australian territory in the Indian Ocean.. With an elevation of 2,745 metres (9,006 ft), it is the third highest peak in any state, territory or claimed territory of Australia, [3] higher than the 2,228-metre (7,310 ft) Mount Kosciuszko, and surpassed only by the 3,490-metre (11,450 ft) Mount McClintock ...

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