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Conical Hill and Mt Galloway

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Conical Hill and Mt Galloway

The volcanic cone of Mt Galloway, in the distance, is the highest point on the Antipodes Islands, at 366 metres. Mt Waterhouse, to the south, is another high cone. The Poa litorosa tussocks and Polystichum vestitum ferns which dominate the landscape can be seen in the foreground.

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Jock Phillips, Subantarctic islands – Snares, Antipodes and Bounty islands, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/38575/conical-hill-and-mt-galloway (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 28 November 2012.