Campbell Peak

#1189 among destinations in Australia

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Campbell Peak is a peak, 2,415 metres high, standing 1.2 nautical miles northeast of Mawson Peak, the summit of Heard Island. It was surveyed in 1948 by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions, who named it for Group-Captain Stuart A. Campbell, Royal Australian Air Force. Campbell visited Heard Island in 1929 as aircraft pilot with the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition led by Douglas Mawson, and again as leader of ANARE when a research station was established on the island in December 1947. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 53°5'60"S, 73°31'60"E

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Campbell Peak – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mawson Peak, McDonald Islands, Mount Separation, Heard Island glaciers.

0.7 miW
Volcano
Mawson Peak
18 min walk • Mawson Peak, a formidable summit located on the remote Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean, represents a pinnacle of natural wonder within Australian territory. As the highest mountain on the Heard Island and McDonald Islands, this active volcano rises to an...
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McDonald Islands
18 min walk • The McDonald Islands are an uninhabited archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean in the vicinity of Heard Island. They are the emergent peaks of submarine volcanoes and are Australian external territory.
1.3 miNE
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Mount Separation
35 min walk • Mount Separation is a rocky peak, 1,480 m, standing 1 nautical mile northeast of Campbell Peak on the northeast flank of Big Ben, the dominating mountain on Heard Island.
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Heard Island glaciers
18 min walk • The Heard Island glaciers covered 79 percent of Heard Island itself, in 1947, covering 288 km²; by 1988, this had decreased by 11 percent to 257 km².