Mont Ross

{{Short description|Stratovolcano in the Kerguelen Islands}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mont Ross | image = Kerguelen MontRoss.JPG | image_caption = Mont Ross on the other side of the Golfe de Morbihan | elevation_m = 1850 | elevation_ref = <ref name="peaklist">[http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/OceaniaP1500m.html "Australia, New Zealand, Oceania Ultra-Prominence Page"] Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-01-14.</ref> | prominence_m = 1850 | prominence_ref = <ref name="peaklist"/> | map = France Kerguelen | map_alt = | map_caption = Location in Kerguelen | map_size = | label_position = left | listing = [[Ultra prominent peak|Ultra]]<br>Ribu | location = [[Kerguelen Islands]], southern [[Indian Ocean]] France | range = [[Gallieni Massif]] | coordinates = {{coord|49|35|32|S|69|29|45|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name="peaklist"/> | topo = | type = [[Stratovolcano]] | age = 66 [[million years]] | last_eruption = 101BCE | first_ascent = 1975 | easiest_route = Unknown }}

'''Mont Ross''' is a [[stratovolcano]], the highest mountain in the [[Kerguelen Islands]] at {{convert|1850|m|ft|0}}. It is located in the [[Gallieni Massif]], at the end of the [[Gallieni Peninsula]], east of [[Baie Larose]] on the main island of Grande Terre.<ref name="mapcarta">{{cite web|url=http://mapcarta.com/15439140|title=Massif Gallieni|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=25 September 2016}}</ref> The volcano is composed primarily of [[trachybasalt]] and was active during the late [[Pleistocene]]. Eruptives have been dated between 2 million years to 100,000 years old.<ref>{{cite journal|last1 =Weis|first1 =D|last2 =Frey|first2 =FA|last3 =Schlich|first3 =R|last4 =Schaming|first4 =M|last5 =Montigny|first5 =R|last6 =Damasceno|first6 =D|last7 =Mattielli|first7 =N|last8 =Nicolaysen|first8 =KE|last9 =Scoates|first9 =JS|title =Trace of the Kerguelen mantle plume: Evidence from seamounts between the Kerguelen Archipelago and Heard Island, Indian Ocean|journal =Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems|year =2002|volume =3|issue =6|pages =1–27|doi=10.1029/2001GC000251|issn=1525-2027|doi-access =free|bibcode =2002GGG.....3.1033W|hdl =2429/39106|hdl-access =free}}</ref>{{rp|2}}

==History== Mont Ross was named after explorer Sir [[James Clark Ross]]. The first human being to set foot on its summit was French military engineer Henri Journoud, using a helicopter, in the early 1960s. The mountain was, however, first climbed in 1975 by [[Jean Afanassieff]] and [[Patrick Cordier (alpinist)|Patrick Cordier]], and is the last French mountain to be climbed.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} {{clear|left}}

==Photos== <gallery> File:KerguelenMtRossNASA.jpg|The southern part of the Kerguelen Islands, with Mont Ross at right (white spot, top of image is north) and on the left, the Glacier Cook (white spot) and the Peninsula Rallier du Baty. File:Mont Ross - Archipel des Kerguelen.jpg|Mont Ross in December 2013 (austral summer) shoot from the French research and supply vessel ''[[Marion Dufresne (1995)|Marion Dufresne]]'' </gallery>

==See also== * [[List of Ultras of Oceania]] * [[List of islands by highest point]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0304-02= Global Volcanism Program: Kerguelen Islands] {{Navbox Kerguelen Islands}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ross}} [[Category:Landforms of the Kerguelen Islands]] [[Category:Stratovolcanoes of France]] [[Category:Pleistocene stratovolcanoes]] [[Category:Volcanoes of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands]] [[Category:Ultra-prominent peaks of Oceania]]