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Mawson Peak
Mawson Peak
is an active volcanic
mountain
on
Heard Island
, an external
Australian territory
in the
Southern Ocean
. With its
summit
at , it is the second highest peak in any state or territory of
Australia
, higher than the 2,228-metre
Mount Kosciuszko
, and surpassed only by the
Mount McClintock
in the
Britannia Range
in
Australian Antarctic Territory
. An active
complex volcano
which erupted as recently as April 2013 and February 2016, Mawson Peak is the summit of the
Big Ben
massif
.
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