Mont Ross is a stratovolcano, the highest mountain in the Kerguelen Islands at 1,840 m. It is located in the Massif Gallieni range, at the end of the Gallieni peninsula on the main island of Grande Terre. The volcano is composed primarily of trachybasalt and was active during the late Pleistocene. A topographical summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. ... The metre (or meter, see spelling differences) is a measure of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Basic data Administrative status: district Country: French Southern and Antarctic Lands Capital: Port-aux-Français Population: ca. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Mountains can be characterized in several ways. ... Stratovolcano Mount St. ... For other uses, see Volcano (disambiguation). ... Stratovolcano Mount St. ... Basic data Administrative status: district Country: French Southern and Antarctic Lands Capital: Port-aux-Français Population: ca. ... The Pleistocene epoch (IPA: ) is part of the geologic timescale. ...
Mont Ross was named after explorer Sir James Clark Ross. The mountain was first climbed in 1975 by Jean Afanassieff and Patrick Cordier, the last French mountain to be climbed. Sir James Clark Ross (April 15, 1800 – April 3, 1862), was a British naval officer and explorer. ...
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