Mount Huxley (Tasmania) - Mountains

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Mount Huxley is a mountain located on the West Coast Range in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia. With an elevation of 926 metres (3,038 ft) above sea level, the mountain was named by Charles Gould in 1863 in honour of Professor Thomas Henry Huxley.[2]

Mount Huxley
Mount Huxley, taken from the Queenstown airport
Highest point
Elevation	926 m (3,038 ft)
Coordinates	42°08′24″S 145°35′24″E[1]
Geography
Mount Huxley Location in Tasmania
Location	West Coast, Tasmania, Australia
Parent range	West Coast Range
Topo map	Owen: 3833

One of the smaller peaks in the West Coast Range, the mountain comprises a large 200-metre (660 ft) outcrop and rock face on its southern side above the King River Gorge just west of the Crotty Dam – parts of which are visible along the river gorge from the West Coast Wilderness Railway where it commences following the King River.[2]

Goldfield

Between April and June 1894 there was a goldfield situated on the slopes, and a syndicate that was discovered to have salted the mine site, with three alleged proponents, Isaac Bertram Barker, William Price and Antonio Briscoe,[3] charged with fraud.[4][5][6] On 1 July the Crown Solicitor told a magistrate that while the mine had undoubtedly been salted, there was insufficient evidence, and the charges were withdrawn.[3]

Location and access

The mountain is located north of the King River Gorge and Crotty Dam and north of Mount Jukes; west of the Tofft River, Thureau Hills, and Lake Burbury; south of Mount Owen and Queenstown.

A very rough track approaches the mountain from the north, and from the south Queenstown area. The southern side is sheer cliff into the King River Gorge.

Gallery

Mount Huxley showing rocky outcrop on the south face above the King River Gorge.
Mount Huxley from the air – from the southwest, and higher than picture at top.
Mount Huxley from the air – from the west northwest from above the old Queenstown landing strip, circa 1975.
Mount Huxley from the air, at left, King River Gorge centre, Mount Jukes Highway to right, and Lake Burbury and the Crotty Dam at rear.

References

"Mount Huxley (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
Baillie, Peter (2010). "The West Coast Range, Tasmania: Mountains and Geological Giants" (PDF). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania (reprint ed.). Hobart, Tasmania: University of Tasmania. 144: 1–13. ISSN 0080-4703. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
"THE MOUNT HUXLEY CASE – NO EVIDENCE TO OFFER – ACCUSED DISCHARGED". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 2 July 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 20 August 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
"THE MOUNT HUXLEY GOLDFIELD". The Argus. Melbourne. 22 June 1894. p. 5. Retrieved 4 June 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
"TASMANIA". The Inquirer & Commercial News. Perth. 8 June 1894. p. 22. Retrieved 4 June 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
"THE MOUNT HUXLEY GOLD-FIELD". The Argus. Melbourne. 6 July 1894. p. 5. Retrieved 4 June 2012 – via National Library of Australia.

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Mountains in Tasmania, Australia

Arthur Range

Eastern	Federation (1,224 m or 4,016 ft)

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)

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)

Eldon Range

Eldon Peak (1,440 m or 4,724 ft)
Eldon Bluff

Great Western Tiers

Ironstone (1,443 m or 4,734 ft)

Pelion Range

Ossa (1,614 m or 5,295 ft)
Pelion West (1,560 m or 5,118 ft)
Pelion East (1,461 m or 4,793 ft)

Wellington Range

Kunanyi / Wellington (1,269 m or 4,163 ft)

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)
Sticht	unnamed peak (1,080 m or 3,543 ft)
Tyndall	Geikie (1,191 m or 3,907 ft) Tyndall (1,179 m or 3,868 ft)

Not in a defined range

Mount Olympus (1,472 m or 4,829 ft)
Frenchmans Cap (1,446 m or 4,744 ft)
Barrow (1,406 m or 4,613 ft)

Western region of Tasmania, Australia

Cities and
other settlements

Queenstown

Crotty
Darwin
Dundas
Gormanston
Guildford
Linda
Pillinger
Regatta Point
Rosebery
Strahan
Tullah
Waratah
Williamsford
Zeehan

Governance

Braddon (federal)
Braddon (state)
Franklin Land District
Montgomery Land District
Montagu Land District
West Coast Council
Lyell
Murchison
Zeehan

Mountains

West
Coast
Range

Tyndall	Geikie Tyndall
Eldon	Eldon Peak
Engineer	unnamed peak
Raglan	unnamed peak
Sticht	unnamed peak

National parks

Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers
Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area

Rivers

Lakes

Dams

Crotty
Darwin
Gordon

Power stations

Anthony Power Development
Bastyan
Gordon
John Butters
Lake Margaret
Mackintosh
Reece
Tribute

Transport

Anthony Road
Hercules Haulage
Lyell Highway
Murchison Highway
Queenstown Airport
Strahan Airport

Railways	Emu Bay Macquarie Heads breakwater Melba Mount Dundas – Zeehan North East Dundas North Mount Lyell Strahan–Zeehan Wee Georgie Wood West Coast Wilderness
Locomotives and rolling stock	TGR G class (1896) TGR K class
Railway stations and former railway stations	Queenstown Regatta Point Zeehan

Landmarks

Natural	Birchs Inlet Cape Sorell Darwin Crater Granville Harbour Hells Gates Iron Blow Kelly Basin Linda Valley Macquarie Harbour Montezuma Falls Nelson Falls Ocean Beach Trial Harbour
Man-made	Cape Sorell Lighthouse Gaiety Theatre Galley Museum Paragon Theatre Queenstown Oval

People of note

Convicts on the West Coast
Crotty
Davey
Gould
Joyce
Long
Moore
Pearce
Piguenit
Piners
Rae
Sticht
Whitham

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

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

Other

Darwin glass
The Unconformity
Round Earth Theatre Company
Tasmanian West bioregion
Western Tasmanian Football Association
Western Tasmanian languages

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[de] Mount Huxley (Tasmanien)

Der Mount Huxley ist ein Berg im Westen des australischen Bundesstaates Tasmanien. Er liegt in der Mitte der West Coast Range und wurde 1863 von Charles Gould nach Professor Thomas Henry Huxley benannt.

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