Mont Havergal

Mont Havergal
19th century picture of Port-Christmas with Mont Havergal on the right
Highest point
Elevation552 m (1,811 ft)[1]
Coordinates48°41′36.5″S 69°01′12.9″E / 48.693472°S 69.020250°E / -48.693472; 69.020250[1]
Geography
Mont Havergal
Location in Kerguelen
LocationGrande Terre, Kerguelen Islands, French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Geology
Rock typeBasalt
Climbing
First ascentUnknown

Mont Havergal is a mountain in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. Located in the Loranchet Peninsula at the northern end of Kerguelen, between Baie de l'Oiseau and Baie de la Dauphine, it rises to a height of 553 metres (1,814 ft) above sea level. To the north lies Baie Ducheyron, the northernmost bay of Kerguelen.[1]

History

This mountain was named in 1874 during the Challenger expedition after Arthur Havergal, second lieutenant of navigation on the HMS Challenger.[2]

Mont Havergal was explored ten years later during the Ross expedition by Robert McCormick. He found fossilized tree trunks on its slopes and concluded that Kerguelen had been covered by forests in a previous era.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Google Earth
  2. ^ Gracie Delépine, Toponymie des Terres Australes, éditions La Documentation française, Paris, 1973, p. 178
  3. ^ Jean-Paul Kauffmann, L'arche des Kerguelen - Voyage aux îles de la Désolation
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