词条 | Edinburgh Peak |
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| name = Edinburgh Peak | photo = | photo_caption = | elevation_m = 902 | elevation_ref = [1] | prominence_m = | prominence_ref = | listing = | location = Gough Island, St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, UK | map = South Atlantic | map_caption = | map_size = 260 | label_position = left | range = | coordinates = {{coord|40|18|7|S|9|57|47|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref =[2] | first_ascent =unknown }}Edinburgh Peak is the highest mountain in Gough Island, South Atlantic Ocean.[1] GeographyThis {{convert|902|m|abbr=on}}[1] high peak is the highest point of a ridge that runs in a roughly NW/SE direction in the central area of Gough Island.[3] Slightly lower Expedition Peak is located close to it.[4] The island is part of the Tristan da Cunha Archipelago, an outlying territory of the United Kingdom.[5] The mountain is an extinct volcano which erupted about 2,400 years ago.[6][7] See also
References1. ^1 2 Google Earth 2. ^Google Earth 3. ^Susan Britt-Gallagher, Tricia Hayne, St Helena: Ascension. Tristan Da Cunha, p. 180 4. ^[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIdm6CPG7eM Gough Island Helicopter flight past Edinburgh/Expedition Peak] 5. ^A number of sources give an elevation of {{convert|910|m|abbr=on}}. [https://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/resources/expeditions/goughisland/ Scott Polar Research Institute - Gough Island Scientific Survey, 1955-56] 6. ^[https://www.ndsu.edu/subantarctic/tristan_da_cunha_group_and_gough.htm Tristan da Cunha Island Group and Gough Island] 7. ^Tristan da Cunha Gough Island - Tristandc.com External links
3 : Volcanoes of Tristan da Cunha|Mountains and hills of British Overseas Territories|Extinct volcanoes |
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