Mount Gower

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.

Mount Gower
Big Hill[1]
Lord Howe Island's two southern mountains in the background, Mount Lidgbird (left) and Mount Gower (right)
Highest point
Elevation	875 m (2,871 ft)
Prominence	875 m (2,871 ft)
Coordinates	31°35′25″S 159°04′20″E[1]
Geography
Mount Gower Location off the coast of New South Wales, on Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea
Location	Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
Geology
Mountain type	Volcanic

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]

See also

• New South Wales portal
• Mountains portal

• List of mountains in Australia

References

1. "Mount Gower". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
2. "Mt Gower". Lord Howe Island Tourism Association. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
3. Hutton, Ian (1998). The Australian Geographic Book of Lord Howe Island. Sydney: Australian Geographic. pp. 59–63. ISBN 1-876276-27-4.