Mont Marion-Dufresne
| Mont Marion-Dufresne | ||
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| height | 1050 m | |
| location | Île de l'Est , Crozet Islands , French Southern and Antarctic Lands | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 24 '32 " S , 52 ° 14' 51" O | |
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| Type | Stratovolcano | |
| rock | basalt | |
| Age of the rock | 200,000 years | |
| particularities | Highest mountain in the Crozet Islands | |
 Map with the location of Mont Marion-Dufresne |
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Mont Marion-Dufresne is a mountain in the northeast of the Île de l'Est in the Crozet Islands , an archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean . Politically it belongs to the French southern and Antarctic regions .
With a height of 1050 m above sea level, it is not only the highest point on the Île de l'Est, a basaltic stratovolcano , but also the highest point in the entire archipelago.
The mountain is named after Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (1724–1772), a French navigator and discoverer of the Crozet Islands.
Web links
- Mont Marion-Dufresne on Peakbagger.com (English)
- Île de l'Est in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ L'archipel de Crozet. Official website. In: taaf.fr. Administration des Terres australes et antarctiques françaises (TAAF), accessed on May 14, 2017 (French).