Mount Dumas is a mountain on
Campbell Island, the main island of the
Campbell Island group
The Campbell Islands (or Campbell Island Group) are a group of subantarctic islands, belonging to New Zealand. They lie about 600 km south of Stewart Island. The islands have a total area of , consisting of one big island, Campbell Isl ...
of subantarctic islands, belonging to
New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...
. Campbell Island is an ancient
volcano
A volcano is commonly defined as a vent or fissure in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
On Earth, volcanoes are most oft ...
, with steep coastal cliffs that expose some of the lava flows. Mount Dumas is located at the island's southern end.
References
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Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand Campbell Island Landscapes*
National Library of New Zealand
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View of Mt Dumas, Campbell Island, ca 1956
Dumas
Dumas
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