# Mont Ross

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Stratovolcano in the Kerguelen Islands

Mont Ross Mont Ross on the other side of the Golfe de Morbihan Highest point Elevation 1,850 m (6,070 ft)[1] Prominence 1,850 m (6,070 ft)[1] Listing Ultra Ribu Coordinates 49°35′32″S 69°29′45″E / 49.59222°S 69.49583°E / -49.59222; 69.49583[1] Geography Mont Ross Location in Kerguelen Location Kerguelen Islands, southern Indian Ocean France Parent range Gallieni Massif Geology Rock age 66 million years Mountain type Stratovolcano Last eruption 101BCE Climbing First ascent 1975 Easiest route Unknown

**Mont Ross** is a [stratovolcano](/source/Stratovolcano), the highest mountain in the [Kerguelen Islands](/source/Kerguelen_Islands) at 1,850 metres (6,070 ft). It is located in the [Gallieni Massif](/source/Gallieni_Massif), at the end of the [Gallieni Peninsula](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gallieni_Peninsula&action=edit&redlink=1), east of [Baie Larose](/source/Baie_Larose) on the main island of Grande Terre.[2] The volcano is composed primarily of [trachybasalt](/source/Trachybasalt) and was active during the late [Pleistocene](/source/Pleistocene). Eruptives have been dated between 2 million years to 100,000 years old.[3]: 2

## History

Mont Ross was named after explorer Sir [James Clark Ross](/source/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](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jean_Afanassieff&action=edit&redlink=1) and [Patrick Cordier](/source/Patrick_Cordier_(alpinist)), and is the last French mountain to be climbed.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Photos

		- 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.

		- Mont Ross in December 2013 (austral summer) shoot from the French research and supply vessel *[Marion Dufresne](/source/Marion_Dufresne_(1995))*

## See also

- [List of Ultras of Oceania](/source/List_of_Ultras_of_Oceania)

- [List of islands by highest point](/source/List_of_islands_by_highest_point)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-peaklist_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-peaklist_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-peaklist_1-2) ["Australia, New Zealand, Oceania Ultra-Prominence Page"](http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/OceaniaP1500m.html) Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-01-14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-mapcarta_2-0)** ["Massif Gallieni"](http://mapcarta.com/15439140). *Mapcarta*. Retrieved 25 September 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Weis, D; Frey, FA; Schlich, R; Schaming, M; Montigny, R; Damasceno, D; Mattielli, N; Nicolaysen, KE; Scoates, JS (2002). ["Trace of the Kerguelen mantle plume: Evidence from seamounts between the Kerguelen Archipelago and Heard Island, Indian Ocean"](https://doi.org/10.1029%2F2001GC000251). *Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems*. **3** (6): 1–27. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2002GGG.....3.1033W](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002GGG.....3.1033W). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1029/2001GC000251](https://doi.org/10.1029%2F2001GC000251). [hdl](/source/Hdl_(identifier)):[2429/39106](https://hdl.handle.net/2429%2F39106). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1525-2027](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1525-2027).

## External links

- [Global Volcanism Program: Kerguelen Islands](http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0304-02=)

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