Mount Bates (Norfolk Island)

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Mount Bates
height 319  m
location Norfolk Island , Australia
Coordinates 29 ° 0 ′ 41 ″  S , 167 ° 56 ′ 24 ″  E Coordinates: 29 ° 0 ′ 41 ″  S , 167 ° 56 ′ 24 ″  E
Mount Bates (Norfolk Island) (Norfolk Island)
Mount Bates (Norfolk Island)
rock Volcanite

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At 319  m, Mount Bates is the highest point of the Norfolk Island, east of Australia in the Pacific , including its two uninhabited side islands, Nepean Island and Phillip Island .

The elevation lies in the Norfolk Island National Park and, like the entire island, consists of volcanic rock . On the mountain covered with Norfolk firs ( English Norfolk Island Pines ) leads a footpath that consists of wooden steps up to the top of the hill.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Norfolk Island. In: Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved October 12, 2017 .
  2. a b Mount Bates, Norfolk Island on Peakbagger.com (English). Retrieved October 12, 2017
  3. National Parks. Mt Bates. In: norfolkisland.com.au. Norfolk Island Tourism, accessed October 12, 2017 .