Mount Gower (also known as Big Hill), is the highest mountain on Australia's subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. With a height of above sea level, and a relatively flat summit plateau, it stands at the southern end of Lord Howe, just south of the island's second highest peak, the high Mount Lidgbird, from which it is separated by the saddle at the head of Erskine Valley.
Ascending Gower involves a popular guided 8-hour hike that is said to be strenuous but that does not require climbing skill or experience.
The rainforest-covered mountain is capped with a cloud forest containing many of the island's endemic plants.
See also
List of mountains in Australia
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