Coordinates: 31°35′25″S 159°04′20″E / 31.59028°S 159.07222°E / -31.59028; 159.07222

Mount Gower

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Mount Gower
Big Hill[1]
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Lord Howe Island's two southern mountains in the background, Mount Lidgbird (left) and Mount Gower (right)
Highest point
Elevation875 m (2,871 ft)
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Geography
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LocationLord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
Geology
Mountain typeVolcanic

Mount Gower (also known as Big Hill),[1] is the highest mountain on Australia's subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. With a height of 875 metres (2,871 ft) above sea level, and a relatively flat 27-hectare (67-acre) summit plateau, it stands at the southern end of Lord Howe, just south of the island's second highest peak, the 777-metre (2,549 ft) high Mount Lidgbird, from which it is separated by the saddle at the head of Erskine Valley.

Ascending Gower entails a popular, guided, strenuous 8-hour return hike, though no special climbing skills are needed. The mountain is covered with rainforest, including cloud forest at the summit, containing many of the island's endemic plants.[2][3]

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