Queen Mary's Peak

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Queen Mary's Peak is the highest mountain in the South Atlantic Ocean, situated on the Island of Tristan da Cunha, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. It has an elevation of 2,062 metres (6,760 feet) above sea level. The mountain is volcanic. It is named after Mary of Teck, the Queen consort of King George V.

Queen Mary's Peak was used by sailors on the route from Europe to the Indian Ocean and beyond as a navigational aid. In the 17th Century the East India Company instructed captains to sail via Tristan. In 2004, Ellen McArthur sighted the Peak on her record-breaking circumnavigation of the world.

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