Mount Gower

Mount Gower
Big Hill
Lord Howe Island's two southern mountains in the background, Mount Lidgbird (left) and Mount Gower (right)
Highest point
Elevation	875 m (2,871 ft)
Coordinates	31°35′25″S 159°04′20″E / 31.59028°S 159.07222°E / -31.59028; 159.07222Coordinates: 31°35′25″S 159°04′20″E / 31.59028°S 159.07222°E / -31.59028; 159.07222
Geography
Mount Gower Location off the coast of New South Wales, on Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea
Location	Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
Geology
Mountain type	Volcanic

Mount Gower also Big Hill, is the highest mountain on Australia’s subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. With a height of 875 metres (2,871 ft) above sea level, and a relatively flat 27-hectare (67-acre) summit plateau, it stands at the southern end of Lord Howe, just south of the island’s second highest peak, the 777-metre (2,549 ft) high Mount Lidgbird, from which it is separated by the saddle at the head of Erskine Valley.

Ascending Gower entails a popular, guided, strenuous 8-hour return hike, though no special climbing skills are needed. The mountain is covered with rainforest, including cloud forest at the summit, containing many of the island’s endemic plants.