List of highest mountains of Tasmania facts for kids
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, such as Mt Wellington.
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 The lack of sufficient surveying at that time also had the order of the top 10 peaks had:
- Mount Ossa
- Legges Tor
- Barn Bluff
- Mount Pelion West
- Cradle Mountain
- Stack's Bluff
- Mount Gould
- Mount Rufus
- Eldon Peak
- 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.
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.
Rank | Name | Altitude AHD | Location | Prominence | Range | Parent | Notes | |
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1 | Mount Ossa | 1,617 | 5,305 | 41°52′12″S 146°01′48″E / 41.87000°S 146.03000°E | 1,617 metres (5,305 ft) | Du Cane | n/a | |
2 | Legges Tor | 1,572 | 5,157 | 41°31′48″S 147°39′00″E / 41.53000°S 147.65000°E | 1,303 metres (4,275 ft) | Ben Lomond | n/a | |
3 | Giblin Peak | 1,569 | 5,148 | 41°31′48″S 147°39′00″E / 41.53000°S 147.65000°E | 9 metres (30 ft) | Ben Lomond | Legges Tor | |
4 | Mount Pelion West | 1,560 | 5,118 | 41°49′48″S 145°58′12″E / 41.83000°S 145.97000°E | 469 metres (1,539 ft) | Pelion | ||
5 | Barn Bluff | 1,559 | 5,115 | 41°43′12″S 145°55′12″E / 41.72000°S 145.92000°E | 622 metres (2,041 ft) | Cradle Cirque - Bluff Cirque |
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6 | Cradle Mountain | 1,545 | 5,069 | 41°40′48″S 145°56′24″E / 41.68000°S 145.94000°E | 355 metres (1,165 ft) | |||
7 | Markham Heights | 1,542 | 5,059 | 41°30′36″S 147°39′00″E / 41.51000°S 147.65000°E | Ben Lomond | Legges Tor | ||
8 | Hamilton Crags | 1,540 | 5,052 | Ben Lomond | Legges Tor | |||
9 | Smithies Peak | 1,527 | 5,010 | 41°40′48″S 145°57′00″E / 41.68000°S 145.95000°E | 17 metres (56 ft) | Cradle Cirque - Bluff Cirque |
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Stacks Bluff | 1,527 | 5,010 | 41°37′12″S 147°40′48″E / 41.62000°S 147.68000°E | Ben Lomond | Legges Tor | |||
11 | Du Cane Range (unnamed peak) | 1,520 | 4,987 | 41°56′24″S 146°02′24″E / 41.94000°S 146.04000°E | Du Cane | Mount Ossa | ||
12 | Mount Geryon North | 1,516 | 4,974 | 41°55′12″S 146°03′00″E / 41.92000°S 146.05000°E | Du Cane | Mount Ossa | ||
13 | Mount Massif | 1,514 | 4,967 | 41°54′00″S 146°02′24″E / 41.90000°S 146.04000°E | 204 metres (669 ft) | Du Cane | Mount Ossa | |
14 | Misery Bluff | 1,510 | 4,954 | Ben Lomond | Legges Tor | |||
15 | Mount Geryon South | 1,509 | 4,951 | 41°55′12″S 146°03′00″E / 41.92000°S 146.05000°E | Du Cane | Mount Ossa | ||
King Davids Peak | 1,509 | 4,951 | 41°48′36″S 146°16′48″E / 41.81000°S 146.28000°E | |||||
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 | 41°58′12″S 146°02′24″E / 41.97000°S 146.04000°E | 355 metres (1,165 ft) | Du Cane | Mount Ossa | |
20 | Castle Crag | 1,482 | 4,862 | 41°54′36″S 146°05′24″E / 41.91000°S 146.09000°E | Du Cane | Mount Ossa | ||
Mount Thetis | 1,482 | 4,862 | 41°51′36″S 145°59′24″E / 41.86000°S 145.99000°E | 285 metres (935 ft) | Du Cane | Mount Ossa | ||
22 | The Acropolis | 1,481 | 4,859 | 41°55′48″S 146°03′36″E / 41.93000°S 146.06000°E | 171 metres (561 ft) | Du Cane | Mount Ossa | |
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 | 41°51′00″S 146°03′36″E / 41.85000°S 146.06000°E | 335 metres (1,099 ft) | Pelion | Mount Ossa | |
26 | Mount Jerusalem | 1,459 | 4,787 | 41°49′12″S 146°19′12″E / 41.82000°S 146.32000°E | ||||
27 | Mount Olympus | 1,449 | 4,754 | 42°02′24″S 146°06′36″E / 42.04000°S 146.11000°E | ||||
Cumner Bluff | 1,449 | 4,754 | ||||||
29 | Mount Gell | 1,447 | 4,747 | 42°09′00″S 146°01′12″E / 42.15000°S 146.02000°E | ||||
30 | Solomons Throne | 1,446 | 4,744 | 41°49′12″S 146°17′24″E / 41.82000°S 146.29000°E | ||||
Frenchmans Cap | 1,446 | 4,744 | 42°16′12″S 145°49′12″E / 42.27000°S 145.82000°E | 966 metres (3,169 ft) | ||||
32 | Ironstone Mountain | 1,443 | 4,734 | 41°42′36″S 146°28′12″E / 41.71000°S 146.47000°E | Great Western Tiers | n/a | ||
33 | Eldon Peak | 1,440 | 4,724 | 41°58′12″S 145°43′48″E / 41.97000°S 145.73000°E | 610 metres (2,001 ft) | Eldon Range | n/a | |
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 | 41°48′00″S 145°36′36″E / 41.80000°S 145.61000°E | ||||
50 | Kunanyi / Mount Wellington | 1,269 | 4,163 | 42°53′24″S 147°13′48″E / 42.89000°S 147.23000°E | 693 metres (2,274 ft) | Wellington | n/a | |
51 | Hartz Peak | 1,255 | 4,117 | 43°14′45″S 146°45′54″E / 43.24583°S 146.76500°E | ||||
Mother Cummings Peak | 1,255 | 4,117 | 41°40′39″S 146°32′37″E / 41.67750°S 146.54361°E | Great Western Tiers | ||||
53 | Mount Roland | 1,234 | 4,049 | 41°27′S 146°15′E / 41.450°S 146.250°E | ||||
54 | Quamby Bluff | 1,228 | 4,029 | 41°39′14″S 146°41′48″E / 41.65389°S 146.69667°E | Great Western Tiers | |||
55 | Adamsons Peak | 1,225 | 4,019 | |||||
56 | Federation Peak | 1,224 | 4,016 | 43°16′17″S 146°28′32″E / 43.27139°S 146.47556°E | ||||
57 | Artillery Knob | 1,216 | 3,990 | |||||
58 | Mount Victoria | 1,207 | 3,960 | |||||
59 | Interview Pinnacle | 1,200 | 3,937 |