geo.wikisort.org - MountainsThe Eldon Range is a mountain range located in the west coast region of Tasmania, Australia.
Mountain range in Tasmania, Australia
The range is located at the north eastern edge of Lake Burbury and is part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area which includes the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park.[4]
The range is east of the main line of the West Coast Range and runs at right angle to it in a west–east direction. It is separated from that range by the King River valley and is bordered by the Eldon River to the north and west.
Naming
It is claimed that Henry Hellyer named the present day Mount Farrell near Tullah with this same name in 1828 after Lord Eldon Lord Chancellor of England.,[5] however Charles Gould in 1869 gives this name to the range.[6]
Peaks
Eldon Peak (41°58′12″S 145°43′48″E[2]) is a mountain that is the highest point on the range. The peak has an elevation of 1,440 metres (4,720 ft) above sea level,[2] and is the western peak.
The similarly named Eldon Bluff (41°58′S 145°49′E) is the eastern peak. A smaller peak to the south is known as the Little Eldons, with an elevation of 640 metres (2,100 ft) above sea level and it is separated from the Eldon Range by the South Eldon River.
In the 1930s Eldon Peak was used as the starting point of a walk by F Smithies of Launceston and C Bradshaw of Linda.[7] In 1991 Crawford and Reid's climb is found described in Crawfords book on the King.[8]
Eldon Peak is one of the least visited peaks in Tasmania due to its remoteness. It was climbed in 1947 by Keith Lancaster, a Tasmanian bushwalker who recorded a cairn on the summit, indicating it was not the first European ascent.[9] Lancaster ascended from the King River valley, a route no longer possible due to the impoundment of the river. Modern approaches would be from the south-east or south arriving at Lake Ewart at the foot of Eldon Bluff. All approaches are over trackless terrain with patches of difficult scrub.
Part of the route from the south east follows the western border of the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, marked with poles by the bushman Charlie Spencer. Few of the poles still survive, and could not be relied upon. Navigation in this area would be extremely difficult in poor weather.
Gallery
See also
- Australia portal
- Mountains portal
References
- "Eldon Peak, Australia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- "Eldon Peak (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- "Eldon Range (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- Jackson, Judy; Richardson, Graham (18 December 1989). "JOINT STATEMENT BY THE HON JUDY JACKSON AND SENATOR GRAHAM RICHARDSON WORLD HERITAGE FOR THE TASMANIAN WILDERNESS" (Press release). Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- Gunn, Ronald Campbell; Hellyer, Henry; Lyne, John; Mawle, William; Oakden, Philip; Parramore, William (2010). Reference to the index of miscellaneous items including letters, genealogy notes and copies of land grants of some prominent Tasmanian pioneers. University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Materials Collection. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- Walker, James Backhouse (1993). Stoddart, D. M. (ed.). Walk to the West. Hobart: Published on behalf of the Royal Society of Tasmania by Artemis Pub. Consultants. ISBN 0-9598679-9-6.
- "A Notable Mountaineering Exploit". The Advocate. Burnie, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 22 March 1932. p. 6. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- Crawford, Patsy (2000), King : the story of a river, Montpelier Press, ISBN 978-1-876597-02-3 see chapter titled On Eldon Peak pp 152-155
- http://users.bigpond.net.au/dveltkamp/KeithLancaster/071HermitofGordonVale.htm Archived 20 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine Keith Lancaster's Mountaineering diaries
Further reading
- Charles Whitham Western Tasmania: A Land of Riches and Beauty
External links
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Arthur Range | |
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Ben Lomond Range |
- Legges Tor (1,572 m or 5,157 ft)
- Giblin Peak (1,569 m or 5,148 ft)
- Markham Heights (1,542 m or 5,059 ft)
- Hamilton Crags (1,540 m or 5,052 ft)
- Stacks Bluff (1,527 m or 5,010 ft)
- Misery Bluff (1,520 m or 4,987 ft)
- Ossian’s Throne (1,498 m or 4,915 ft)
- Coalmine Crag (1,498 m or 4,915 ft)
- Magnet Crag (1,464 m or 4,803 ft)
- Victoria (1,213 m or 3,980 ft)
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Du Cane Range |
- unnamed peak (1,520 m or 4,987 ft)
- Geryon North (1,516 m or 4,974 ft)
- Massif (1,514 m or 4,967 ft)
- Geryon South (1,509 m or 4,951 ft)
- Gould (1,485 m or 4,872 ft)
- Castle Crag (1,482 m or 4,862 ft)
- Thetis (1,482 m or 4,862 ft)
- The Acropolis (1,481 m or 4,859 ft)
- Achilles (1,363 m or 4,472 ft)
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Eldon Range | |
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Great Western Tiers | |
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Pelion Range | |
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Wellington Range | |
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West Coast Range |
- Murchison (1,275 m or 4,183 ft)
- Jukes (1,168 m or 3,832 ft)
- Sedgwick (1,147 m or 3,763 ft)
- Owen (1,146 m or 3,760 ft)
- Sorell (1,144 m or 3,753 ft)
- Read (1,124 m or 3,688 ft)
- Proprietary Peak (1,103 m or 3,619 ft)
- Hamilton (1,103 m or 3,619 ft)
- Darwin (1,031 m or 3,383 ft)
Heemskirk |
- Agnew (848 m or 2,782 ft)
- Dundas (1,143 m or 3,750 ft)
- Heemskirk (751 m or 2,464 ft)
- Zeehan (701 m or 2,300 ft)
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Sticht |
- unnamed peak (1,080 m or 3,543 ft)
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Tyndall | |
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Not in a defined range | |
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Cities and other settlements |
- Crotty
- Darwin
- Dundas
- Gormanston
- Guildford
- Linda
- Pillinger
- Regatta Point
- Rosebery
- Strahan
- Tullah
- Waratah
- Williamsford
- Zeehan
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Governance |
- Braddon (federal)
- Braddon (state)
- Franklin Land District
- Montgomery Land District
- Montagu Land District
- West Coast Council
- Lyell
- Murchison
- Zeehan
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Mountains | |
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National parks |
- Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers
- Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area
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Rivers | |
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Lakes | |
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Dams | |
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Power stations |
- Anthony Power Development
- Bastyan
- Gordon
- John Butters
- Lake Margaret
- Mackintosh
- Reece
- Tribute
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Transport | Railways |
- Emu Bay
- Macquarie Heads breakwater
- Melba
- Mount Dundas – Zeehan
- North East Dundas
- North Mount Lyell
- Strahan–Zeehan
- Wee Georgie Wood
- West Coast Wilderness
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Locomotives and rolling stock |
- TGR G class (1896)
- TGR K class
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Railway stations and former railway stations |
- Queenstown
- Regatta Point
- Zeehan
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Landmarks | Natural | |
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Man-made |
- Cape Sorell Lighthouse
- Gaiety Theatre
- Galley Museum
- Paragon Theatre
- Queenstown Oval
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People of note | |
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Mining |
- Comstock Mine
- Copper Mines
- Henty Gold Mine
- Mount Jukes Mine sites
- Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company
- Mount Lyell Remediation and Research and Demonstration Program
- North Mount Lyell
- North Mount Lyell Disaster (1912)
- Renison Bell
- Stichtite
- West Coast Tasmania Mines
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Books and newspapers |
- For the Term of His Natural Life
- Gould's Book of Fish
- The Peaks of Lyell
- Walk to the West
- Western Tasmania: A land of Riches and Beauty
- Zeehan and Dundas Herald
- The West Coast Miner
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Other |
- Darwin glass
- The Unconformity
- Round Earth Theatre Company
- Tasmanian West bioregion
- Western Tasmanian Football Association
- Western Tasmanian languages
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[de] Eldon Range
Die Eldon Range ist eine Gebirgskette im Westen des australischen Bundesstaates Tasmanien und Teil der Great Dividing Range. Sie liegt nördlich des Lake Burbury in der Südwestecke des Cradle-Mountain-Lake-St.-Clair-Nationalparks. Anders als die südlich anschließende West Coast Range verläuft die Eldon Range in Ost-West-Richtung. Der Eldon River verläuft an ihrer Nord- und Westseite, während der South Eldon River an ihrem südlichen Fuß verläuft.
- [en] Eldon Range
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