Pic du Mascarin

Pic du Mascarin
View of the mountain from the northeast.
Highest point
Elevation934 m (3,064 ft)
Prominence934 m (3,064 ft)
Isolation29.78 km (18.50 mi)
Coordinates46°26′16″S 51°44′44″E / 46.43778°S 51.74556°E / -46.43778; 51.74556
Geography
Pic du Mascarin is located in Indian Ocean
Pic du Mascarin
Pic du Mascarin
Location within Indian Ocean
LocationÎle de la Possession, Crozet Islands, French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Geology
Stratovolcano
Climbing
First ascentunknown

Pic du Mascarin is the highest mountain in the Île de la Possession, Crozet Islands, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Indian Ocean.

Geography

This 934 m (3,064 ft) high peak rises above the Lac Perdu and the L'au-delà Plateau in the southern sector of Île de la Possession, the largest island of the Crozet group.

The mountain was named after the Mascarin, the ship on which French explorers Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and his second-in-command Julien Crozet were the first to explore the Crozet Islands in 1772.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Pic du Mascarin, French Southern Lands". Peakbagger.
  2. ↑ "Isolation for Pic du Mascarin". Peakbagger.
  3. 1 2 3 Google Earth
  4. ↑ Terres australes et antarctiques françaises - Commission territoriale de toponymie, Toponymie des terres australes, Commission de toponymie, 1973