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unusual facts about Heard Island



John BĂ©chervaise

He served as field leader on Heard Island in 1953, leading an unsuccessful expedition to climb the 2745 m Mawson Peak of the Big Ben massif, the highest peak on Australian territory.

North Barrier

North Barrier is a narrow rock ridge which descends northward from Campbell Peak to Mount Separation, and then along the northwest flank of Compton Glacier in northern Heard Island.


see also

Vanhoffen

Vanhoffen Bluff, a feature of Heard Island in the Antarctic, named for Ernst Vanhöffen