Gallieni Massif
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The Gallieni Massif (french: Massif Gallieni) is a mountain range in Grande Terre, the main island of
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in the French Southern Territories
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of the
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Geography

This range is located in the Gallieni Peninsula, fringing the southern coast. The highest point of the
massif In geology, a massif ( or ) is a section of a planet's crust that is demarcated by faults or flexures. In the movement of the crust, a massif tends to retain its internal structure while being displaced as a whole. The term also refers to a ...
is the high Mont Ross, a stratovolcano that is also the highest point of the Kerguelen Archipelago. Other important summits of the range are high Petit Ross, high Dôme du Père Gaspard and the high Grand Gendarme. The range also includes a number of glacial formations, among which the Buffon Glacier, the La Pilatte Glacier ,the Néves Glacier and the Sélé Glacier deserve mention.


See also

* Baie Larose *
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Global Volcanism Program: Kerguelen Islands
Landforms of the Kerguelen Islands {{regional-geology-stub