Mawson Peak is a peak on Heard Island, an Australian territory in the Southern Ocean. It is the highest peak in any state or territory of Australia. An active complex volcano, Mawson Peak is the summit of the Big Ben massif. It was named by the 1948 ANARE Heard Island Expedition after Sir Douglas Mawson, the leader of BANZARE 1929-31, who visited the island in November-December 1929. A topographical summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. ... Heard Island, from NASA World Wind Heard Island and the McDonald Islands are uninhabited, barren islands located in the Southern Ocean at 53°6S, 72°31E, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica. ... The Himalaya as seen from the International Space Station A mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands or separated from other mountain ranges by passes or rivers. ... Big Ben is the large massif to the bottom right (southeast) of this image of Heard Island, from NASA World Wind. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Example of a topographic map with contour lines Part of the same map in a perspective shaded relief view illustrates how the contour lines of the original follow the terrain Topographic maps are a variety of map characterized by large-scale detail and quantitative representation of relief, usually using contour... Mountains can be characterized in several ways. ... Homa Mountain, Kenya in 1994 Mount Edziza, British Columbia, Canada as seen from Stewart-Cassiar Highway An eruption of Pacaya, Guatemala in 1976 Mt. ... Lyskamm, 4 527 m, Pennine Alps A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ... Heard Island, from NASA World Wind Heard Island and the McDonald Islands are uninhabited, barren islands located in the Southern Ocean at 53°6S, 72°31E, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica. ... Homa Mountain, Kenya in 1994 Mount Edziza, British Columbia, Canada as seen from Stewart-Cassiar Highway An eruption of Pacaya, Guatemala in 1976 Mt. ... Big Ben is the large massif to the bottom right (southeast) of this image of Heard Island, from NASA World Wind. ... Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (acronym ANARE is normally pronounced an-ah-ree) has since 1947 served Australia in south polar regions. ... 1914 portrait Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS (May 5, 1882 – 14 October 1958) was an Australian Antarctic explorer and geologist. ...

References

• LeMasurier, W. E.; Thomson, J. W. (eds.) (1990). Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. American Geophysical Union, 512 pp. ISBN 0-87590-172-7. 

It is also believed that a strange and small white rabbit creature called the Bus Driver inhabits the Mawson Peak. None has seen it with the naked eye. The American Geophysical Union (or AGU) is a nonprofit organization of geophysicists, consisting (as of 2006) of over 49,000 members from over 140 countries. ...

External links

• http://aadc-maps.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=2026
• http://users.bendnet.com/bjensen/volcano/indian/indian-heard.html