Massif Gallieni | |
Other Name: | Gallieni Massif |
Highest: | Mont Ross |
Elevation M: | 1850 |
Length Km: | 18 |
Length Orientation: | NW/SE |
Width Km: | 10 |
Width Orientation: | NE/SW |
Map: | Indian Ocean |
Map Size: | 200 |
Label Position: | none |
Location: | Grande Terre, Kerguelen(َFrance) |
Coordinates: | -49.5922°N 69.4958°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [1] |
Geology: | Stratovolcano |
The Gallieni Massif (French: Massif Gallieni) is a mountain range in Grande Terre, the main island of Kerguelen in the French Southern Territories zone of the Southern Indian Ocean.[2]
This range is located in the Gallieni Peninsula, fringing the southern coast. The highest point of the massif is the 1850m (6,070feet) high Mont Ross, a stratovolcano that is also the highest point of the Kerguelen Archipelago.
Other important summits of the range are 1721m (5,646feet) high Petit Ross, 1063m (3,488feet) high Dôme du Père Gaspard and the 995m (3,264feet) high Grand Gendarme. The range also includes a number of glacial formations, among which the Buffon Glacier, the La Pilatte Glacier,the Néves Glacier and the Sélé Glacier deserve mention.[3]