Mont Ross is a stratovolcano, the highest mountain in the Kerguelen Islands at 1,850 metres (6,070 ft).
It is located in the Gallieni Massif, at the end of the Gallieni Peninsula, east of Baie Larose on the main island of Grande Terre.
[2] The volcano is composed primarily of trachybasalt and was active during the late Pleistocene.
The first human being to set foot on its summit was French military engineer Henri Journoud, using a helicopter, in the early 1960s.
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