Mount Fizeau
Large landmass on Campbell Island
Mount Fizeau is located on New Zealand's subantarctic Campbell Island. It was named by members of the 1874 French astronomical expedition to view the Transit of Venus, which set up on the island at Venus Bay. Mount Fizeau rises to a height of 497 metres (1655 ft), and is the second-highest point on the island.
External links
- The French expedition
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Campbell Islands, New Zealand
- Campbell Island
- Dent Island
- Jacquemart Island
- Folly Island
- Mount Dumas
- Mount Fizeau
- Mount Honey
- Perseverance Harbour
- Venus Bay
- Abrotanella rosulata
- Acanthomurus rivalis
- Asaphodes campbellensis
- Campbell albatross
- Campbell Island cattle
- Campbell Island sheep
- Campbell shag
- Campbell snipe
- Campbell teal
- Campbellana
- Cryptopygus campbellensis
- Friesea litoralis
- Parakatianna salmoni
- Zelandanura
52°30′51″S 169°09′19″E / 52.51404°S 169.15526°E / -52.51404; 169.15526
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