Balls Pyramid is an erosional remnant of a shield volcano and caldera that formed about 7 million years ago. Balls Pyramid is 20 km (13 miles) southeast of Lord Howe Island. It is 562 m high, while measuring only 200 m across. Ball's Pyramid is located at 31°45′21″S, 159°15′02″E. It is part of the Lord Howe Island Marine Park. Shield volcano Mauna Kea, a shield volcano, on the Island of Hawai‘i with a light dusting of snow. ... Satellite image of Santorini. ... A kilometer (Commonwealth spelling: kilometre), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1,000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ... A mile is a unit of length, usually used to measure distance, in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, United States customary units and Norwegian/Swedish mil. ... Lord Howe Island is a small island in the Pacific Ocean 600 km (375 miles) east of Australia. ... Lord Howe Island Marine Park consists of the waters to 3 nautical miles off Lord Howe Island, Balls Pyramid and a New South Wales state marine park. ...

Ball's Pyramid has a few satellite islets. Observatory Rock and Wheatsheaf Islet lie about 800 m WNW and 800 m WSW, respectively, of the western extremity of Ball's Pyramid. Southeast Rock is a pinnacle located about 3.5 km southeast of Ball's Pyramid.

History

The pyramid was named after Lieutenant Henry Ball who discovered it in 1788 at the same time he discovered Lord Howe Island (see the history section of that article). The first person to go ashore is believed to have been Henry Wilkinson in 1882, who was a geologist at the New South Wales Department of Mines. Henry Lidgbird Ball was a British Navy seaman, noted for discovering Lord Howe Island. ... 1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Lord Howe Island is a small island in the Pacific Ocean 600 km (375 miles) east of Australia. ... Lord Howe Island is a small island in the Pacific Ocean 600 km (375 miles) east of Australia. ... Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... The Geologist by Carl Spitzweg A geologist is a contributor to the science of geology, studying the physical structure and processes of the Earth and planets of the solar system (see planetary geology). ...

The first successful climb to the summit was made on 14 February 1965 by a team of climbers from the Sydney Rock Climbing Club, consisting of Bryden Allen, John Davis, Jack Pettigrew and David Witham.^[1] February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...

There had been an earlier attempt in 1964 by another Sydney team that included adventurer Dick Smith (then just 20 years old) and other members of the Scouting movement. They were forced to turn back on their fifth day running short of food and water. In 1979 Smith returned to the pyramid, together with climbers John Worrall and Hugh Ward, and they successfully reached the summit. At the top they unfurled a flag of New South Wales provided to them by Premier Neville Wran and declared the island Australian territory (a formality which it seems had not previously been done). 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Dick Smith AO (born Richard Harold Smith on 1944-03-18) is an Australian businessman and aviator. ... Scouts Australia is an organisation for children and young adults from 6 to 26 years of age. ... For the song by The Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... Capital Sydney Government Const. ... List of Premiers of New South Wales Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in New South Wales. ... Neville Kenneth Wran AC QC (born October 11, 1926) was the Premier of New South Wales from 1976 until 1986. ...

Climbing was banned in 1982 under amendments to the Lord Howe Island Act, and in 1986 all access to the island was banned by the Lord Howe Island Board. In 1990 the policy changed to allow some climbing under strict conditions, which in recent years has required an application to the relevant state Minister (e.g.^[2]). 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2000/2001 the Lord Howe Island stick insect (Dryococelus australis) insect was found living on the pyramid.^[3] (On the unsuccessful 1964 climb, Dave Roots had brought back a photograph of the insect, which the Australian Museum told him they thought was extinct.) This article is about the year 2000. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Binomial name Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1885) The Lord Howe Island stick insect was thought to be extinct by 1930, only to be rediscovered in 2001, this phenomenon is also known as the Lazarus effect. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... The Australian Museum is the oldest museum in Australia, centering on natural history and anthropology, with collections centering on vertebrate and invertebrate zoology, as well as minerology, palaeontology, and anthropology. ...

References

• Ian Hutton, The Australian Geographic Book of Lord Howe Island, Australian Geographic, 1998, ISBN 1-876276-27-4.

• Rock of Ages, transcript of Australian Broadcasting Corporation Australian Story TV episode

1. ^ Jack Pettigrew's climbing page, including reproduced Sydney Morning Herald front page
2. ^ Mr Fraser (Coffs Harbour) in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1 May 1996
3. ^ Giant stick insect rediscovered, science news 14 February 2001 at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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External links

• Lord Howe Island Marine Park
• Lord Howe Island and Ball's Pyramid Nautical Chart issued by the Australian Hydrographic Service
• World Mountain Encyclopedia - Ball's Pyramid
• Volcano World - Balls Pyramid