List of highest mountains of Tasmania

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The Australian island state of Tasmania has a diverse range of geography but a prominent feature is the mountains of the island. Overall Tasmania is comparatively low-lying with the highest point at 1,617 metres (5,305 ft). Tasmania has ten peaks over the height of 1,500 metres (4,921 ft). With thirty peaks higher than 1,200 metres (3,937 ft), it is one of the most mountainous islands in the world, and Tasmania is Australia's most mountainous state.

The majority of the mountain peaks of Tasmania are located in the Western half of the state, starting at the coast in the South West and extending inland to the north, or in the Central Highlands.

Tasmania's mountains were part of an ancient range of volcanic peaks from the period of Gondwana, and are the source of a large portion of Tasmania's wealth in the form of mining. Although the eastern half of the state is generally lower and flatter, there are still sizeable peaks located there.[citation needed].

Historical peaks

As late as the mid-1950s adequate surveying of the mountains had not been completed - with the height of 19 peaks described as about in the list in Walch's Tasmanian Almanac of the over 115 peaks mentioned [1] The lack of sufficient surveying at that time also had the order of the top 10 peaks had:[1]

  1. Mount Ossa
  2. Legges Tor
  3. Barn Bluff
  4. Mount Pelion West
  5. Cradle Mountain
  6. Stack's Bluff
  7. Mount Gould
  8. Mount Rufus
  9. Eldon Peak
  10. Mount Olympus

When Wilkinson did his 'The Abels' in 1994, items 1-9 were the same as the current list, however Mount Geryon was not in the Abels list, and Mount Gould had not been adequately given height data at that stage.[2]

Notable peaks

The following notable mountain peaks in Tasmania range in heights from 1,200 metres (3,937 ft) above sea level to over 1,400 metres (4,593 ft) above sea level.[3]

Rank Name Altitude AHD  Location Prominence Range Parent Notes
m ft
1 Mount Ossa 1,617 5,305 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1,614 metres (5,295 ft) Du Cane n/a [4][5][6]
2 Legges Tor 1,572 5,157 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1,303 metres (4,275 ft) Ben Lomond n/a [7][8][9][10]
3 Giblin Peak 1,569 5,148 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 9 metres (30 ft) Ben Lomond Legges Tor [11][12][13]
4 Mount Pelion West 1,560 5,118 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 469 metres (1,539 ft) Pelion [14][15][16]
5 Barn Bluff 1,559 5,115 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 622 metres (2,041 ft) Cradle Cirque
- Bluff Cirque		 [17][18][19]
6 Cradle Mountain 1,545 5,069 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 355 metres (1,165 ft) [20][21][22]
7 Markham Heights 1,542 5,059 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ben Lomond Legges Tor [23]
8 Hamilton Crags 1,540 5,052 Ben Lomond Legges Tor
9 Smithies Peak 1,527 5,010 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 17 metres (56 ft) Cradle Cirque
- Bluff Cirque		 [24][25]
Stacks Bluff 1,527 5,010 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ben Lomond Legges Tor [26][27][28]
11 Du Cane Range (unnamed peak) 1,520 4,987 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Du Cane Mount Ossa [29]
12 Mount Geryon North 1,516 4,974 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Du Cane Mount Ossa [30]
13 Mount Massif 1,514 4,967 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 204 metres (669 ft) Du Cane Mount Ossa [31][32][33]
14 Misery Bluff 1,510 4,954 Ben Lomond Legges Tor
15 Mount Geryon South 1,509 4,951 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Du Cane Mount Ossa [30]
King Davids Peak 1,509 4,951 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [34]
17 Ossian’s Throne 1,498 4,915 Ben Lomond Legges Tor
Coalmine Crag 1,498 4,915 Ben Lomond Legges Tor
19 Mount Gould 1,485 4,872 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 355 metres (1,165 ft) Du Cane Mount Ossa [35][36]
20 Castle Crag 1,482 4,862 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Du Cane Mount Ossa [37]
Mount Thetis 1,482 4,862 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 285 metres (935 ft) Du Cane Mount Ossa [38][39]
22 The Acropolis 1,481 4,859 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 171 metres (561 ft) Du Cane Mount Ossa [40][41][42]
23 Mount Hyperion 1,480 4,856
24 Magnet Crag 1,464 4,803 Ben Lomond Legges Tor
25 Mount Pelion East 1,461 4,793 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 335 metres (1,099 ft) Pelion Mount Ossa [43]
26 Mount Jerusalem 1,459 4,787 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [44][45]
27 Mount Olympus 1,449 4,754 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [46]
Cumner Bluff 1,449 4,754
29 Mount Gell 1,447 4,747 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [47][48]
30 Solomons Throne 1,446 4,744 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [49]
Frenchmans Cap 1,446 4,744 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 966 metres (3,169 ft) [50][51]
32 Ironstone Mountain 1,443 4,734 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Great Western Tiers n/a [52][53]
33 Eldon Peak 1,440 4,724 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 610 metres (2,001 ft) Eldon Range n/a [54][55]
34 Mount Field West 1,434 4,705
35 Mersey Crag (Ben Lomond) 1,432 4,698 Ben Lomond Legges Tor
36 Walled Mountain 1,431 4,695
37 Mount Anne 1,425 4,675
38 Western Bluff 1,420 4,659
Barrow Mountain 1,420 4,659
40 Mount Rufus 1,416 4,646
41 Macs Mountain 1,413 4,636
42 Mount Emmett 1,410 4,626
43 Fisher Bluff 1,408 4,619
44 Twin Spires (Cathedral Mountain) 1,406 4,613
45 Mount Hugel 1,403 4,603
46 Mount Achilles 1,363 4,472
47 Mount Ragoona 1,350 4,429
48 Mount Mawson 1,300 4,265
49 Mount Murchison 1,275 4,183 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [56][57]
50 Kunanyi / Mount Wellington 1,269 4,163 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 693 metres (2,274 ft) Wellington n/a [58][59][60]
51 Hartz Peak 1,255 4,117 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Mother Cummings Peak 1,255 4,117 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Great Western Tiers
53 Mount Roland 1,234 4,049 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
54 Quamby Bluff 1,228 4,029 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Great Western Tiers
55 Adamsons Peak 1,225 4,019
56 Federation Peak 1,224 4,016 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
57 Artillery Knob 1,216 3,990
58 Mount Victoria 1,207 3,960
59 Interview Pinnacle 1,200 3,937

See also

  • Tasmap and links for indication of the mapping of these mountains

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Walch's Tasmanian Almanac for 1956 - pp.416-417
  2. ↑ * Wilkinson, Bill. (1994) The Abels: Tasmania’s mountains over 1100 m high Launceston, Tas.: Regal Publications ISBN 0-949457-67-1. page 43+ Table B - The Abels arranged in Order of Altitude.
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Further reading

  • Caine, Nel. (1983) The mountains of northeastern Tasmania: a study of alpine geomorphology Rotterdam: Balkema; Salem, NH, USA. ISBN 90-6191-289-X.
  • Wilkinson, Bill. (1994) The Abels: Tasmania’s mountains over 1100 m high Launceston, Tas.: Regal Publications ISBN 0-949457-67-1.

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