Edinburgh Peak is the highest mountain in Gough Island, South Atlantic Ocean.
Geography This high peak is the highest point of a ridge that runs in a roughly NW/SE direction in the central area of Gough Island.Susan Britt-Gallagher, Tricia Hayne, St Helena: Ascension. Tristan Da Cunha, p. 180 Slightly lower Expedition Peak is located close to it.Gough Island Helicopter flight past Edinburgh/Expedition Peak The island is part of the Tristan da Cunha Archipelago, an outlying territory of the United Kingdom.A number of sources give an elevation of . Scott Polar Research Institute - Gough Island Scientific Survey, 1955-56 The mountain is an extinct volcano which erupted about 2,400 years ago.Tristan da Cunha Island Group and Gough IslandTristan da Cunha Gough Island - Tristandc.com
See also List of islands by highest point List of mountains and hills of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
References
External links Letters from a small island - Edinburgh Peak 3 - 1 Gough 56, 28 March to 3 April