Mount Harding (Grove Mountains)
ASPA 168
East Antarctica (Princess Elizabeth Land)Designated in 200210 km²
One of the few almost entirely ice-free granite massifs in the deep interior of East Antarctica
Area
10 km²
Designated in
2002
Region
East Antarctica (Princess Elizabeth Land)
Designated an ASPA in 2002, Mount Harding, in the remote Grove Mountains of the East Antarctic interior, is one of the few rock massifs almost entirely free of ice lying hundreds of kilometres from the coast, a geographical rarity that makes it a scientific reference site for studying communities of lichens and extremophile microorganisms able to survive extremes of aridity and cold with no higher plant cover and no resident vertebrate fauna.
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Mount Harding (Grove Mountains): 3 documented species
Birds3
Experiences in this park
Birdwatching
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