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The Pelion Range is a mountain range in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania, Australia.

Pelion Range
The Pelion Range from Mount Oakleigh
Highest point
Peak	Mount Ossa
Elevation	1,617 m (5,305 ft)AHD [1][2][3]
Coordinates	41°52′12″S 146°01′48″E
Geography
Location in Tasmania
Country	Australia
State	Tasmania
Region	Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park
Range coordinates	41°50′S 146°02′E
Geology
Age of rock	Jurassic
Type of rock	Dolerite

The range is named after Mount Pelion in Greece. The Overland Track passes over the range through the Pelion Gap and consequently several peaks are popular walks. The range features a number of the highest mountains in Tasmania, including the state's highest peak, Mount Ossa, with an elevation of 1,617 metres (5,305 ft) above sea level.[1][2]

The range is mainly composed of Jurassic Dolerite.

References

"Mount Ossa, Australia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
"National Geospatial Reference System (Peaks 1-20)". Australian Government. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
"Mount Ossa". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.

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)

South West region of Tasmania, Australia

Settlements

Adamsfield
Melaleuca
Strathgordon

Governance

Braddon (federal)
Franklin (federal)
Braddon (state)
Franklin (state)
Derwent Valley Council
Huon Valley Council
West Coast Council

Mountains

Frankland Range	Citadel, The Cleft Peak Cupola, The Frankland Greycap Lion, The Lloyd Jones Murpheys Bluff Redtop Right Angle Scotts Secheron Terminal
Arthur Range	Federation
King William Range	Mount King William
Prince of Wales Range (Tasmania)	Diamond Peak

Protected areas,
parks and reserves

Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park
Melaleuca to Birchs Inlet Important Bird Area
Port Davey/Bathurst Harbour Marine Nature Reserve
Port Davey Islands Important Bird Area
Southwest National Park
South West Wilderness
Tasman Fracture Commonwealth Marine Reserve
Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area

Rivers

Lakes

Edgar

Lake Pedder controversy

Gordon
Pedder
Lake Pedder Action Committee
United Tasmania Group

Dams
Franklin controversy

Edgar
Gordon
Scotts Peak
Serpentine

Commonwealth v Tasmania

The Wilderness Society

Harbours, bays, inlets and estuaries

Coastal features

High Rocky Point
Low Rocky Point
Point Hibbs
South Coast
South West Cape

Power stations

Gordon

Transport

Gordon River Road
Scotts Peak Dam Road

Railways	Great Western Railway (proposed never constructed)

Landmarks

Natural	Gordon Splits
Man-made	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse Port Davey Track South Coast Track

People of note

Bob Brown
Peter Dombrovskis
Helen Gee
James Goodwin
Brenda Hean
Richard Jones
Deny King
Eric Reece
Olegas Truchanas
T. B. Moore

Islands

Breaksea	Fitzroy Kathleen Main Mavourneen Munday North
Maatsuyker (group)	Chicken De Witt Flat Top Flat Witch Hen Ile du Golfe Louisa Maatsuyker (island) Needles Round Top Walker Western Rocks
Swainson (group)	Big Caroline Hay Lourah Shanks Swainson
Mutton Bird (group)	East Pyramids Mutton Bird Island Mutton Bird Islet (southeast) Mutton Bird Islet (southwest) Sugarloaf Sugarmouse Wendar Wild Wind
Pedra Branca	Mewstone
Trumpeter	Coffee Pot, The Hobbs Trumpeter West Pyramid

Books and newspapers

Tasmania's offshore islands
Tasmania's Wilderness Battles
The South West Book
South West Tasmania Resources Survey

Flora, fauna, and fishlife

Orange-bellied parrot
Pedder galaxias
Pedder earthworm
Pedder planarian
Pedra Branca skink

Bioregions

Indigenous heritage

Kutikina Cave
Toogee language
Western Tasmanian languages

На других языках

[de] Pelion Range

Die Pelion Range ist ein Gebirge im Zentrum des australischen Bundesstaates Tasmanien. Es liegt im Zentrum des Cradle-Mountain-Lake-St.-Clair-Nationalparks.

- [en] Pelion Range

[fr] Chaîne Pélion

La chaîne Pélion est une chaîne de montagnes située dans le parc national de Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair en Tasmanie, en Australie. L’Overland Track traverse la chaîne au niveau du col Pélion à 1 113 m d'altitude.

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See also

References

На других языках

[de] Pelion Range

[fr] Chaîne Pélion