{"id":37,"date":"2008-01-15T18:18:20","date_gmt":"2008-01-15T23:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=37"},"modified":"2021-12-10T07:42:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T12:42:25","slug":"australias-highest-elevation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/australias-highest-elevation\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia’s Highest Elevation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The highest point of elevation on the Australian continent is Mount Kosciuszko of the Great Dividing Range at 2,228 metres (7,310 feet). What is lesser know, however, is that’s it’s not actually the highest point in the country <\/em>of Australia. The nation does encompass territory beyond the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That honour goes to Mawson Peak, the volcanic capstone of the Big Ben range. It pokes above the surface of the Great Southern Ocean on a tiny, remote speck known as Heard Island. Mawson Peak reaches 2,745 metres (9,006 feet) above the sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heard Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Heard Island and the nearby McDonald Islands are not much more than rocky outcrops jutting from the stormy seas surrounding Antarctica. They exist nowhere near mainland Australia. In fact they sit about 4,000 kilometres to the southwest. They are not near anything of much significance at all except to seals, birds, adventurers and the occasional scientist. These islands also provide Australia’s only location with volcanoes and glaciers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Incredibly Remote<\/h2>\n\n\n\n