Edinburgh Peak

Short description: Mountain on Gough Island in the subantarctic South Atlantic

Edinburgh Peak

Edinburgh Peak

Gough Island, St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, UK

Highest point
Elevation| 902 m (2,959 ft) [1]
Coordinates|  [ ⚑ ] : 40°18′7″S 9°57′47″W﻿ / ﻿40.30194°S 9.96306°W﻿ / -40.30194; -9.96306 [1]
Geography
Location| Gough Island, St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, UK
Climbing
First ascent| unknown

Edinburgh Peak is the highest mountain in Gough Island, South Atlantic Ocean.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Geography
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Geography

This 902 m (2,959 ft)[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.[2] Slightly lower Expedition Peak is located close to it.[3] The island is part of the Tristan da Cunha Archipelago, an outlying territory of the United Kingdom .[4] The mountain is an extinct volcano which erupted about 2,400 years ago.[5][6]

## See also

* List of islands by highest point
* List of mountains and hills of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Google Earth
2. ↑ Susan Britt-Gallagher, Tricia Hayne, St Helena: Ascension. Tristan Da Cunha, p. 180
3. ↑ Gough Island Helicopter flight past Edinburgh/Expedition Peak
4. ↑ A number of sources give an elevation of 910 m (2,990 ft). Scott Polar Research Institute - Gough Island Scientific Survey, 1955-56
5. ↑ Tristan da Cunha Island Group and Gough Island
6. ↑ Tristan da Cunha Gough Island - Tristandc.com

## External links

* Letters from a small island - Edinburgh Peak 3 - 1 Gough 56, 28 March to 3 April

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