Cradle Mountain

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Cradle Mountain
Cradle Mountain from the north, across Dove Lake

Cradle Mountain from the north, across Dove Lake

height 1545  m
location Tasmania
Mountains Cradle Cirque / Bluff Cirque
Coordinates 41 ° 41 ′ 5 ″  S , 145 ° 57 ′ 5 ″  E Coordinates: 41 ° 41 ′ 5 ″  S , 145 ° 57 ′ 5 ″  E
Cradle Mountain (Tasmania)
Cradle Mountain
rock Diabase
particularities most famous mountain in Tasmania
Panoramic view from the west with Cradle Mountain and Barn Bluff in the distance
Cradle Mountain from the south from neighboring Barn Bluff
Cradle Mountain from Dove Lake. The boathouse was built in the 1940s.

The Cradle Mountain is a mountain in the west of the Australian state of Tasmania . It is located in the northern part of the Cradle Mountain Lake St. Clair National Park , reaches an altitude of 1,545 m and is one of the most important sights in Tasmania because of its beauty. The mountain is made up of diabass columns , similar to other mountains in this region.

The Overland Track , a world-famous long-distance hiking trail, begins here . The trail winds through a number of different landscapes to its end after 80 km at Lake St. Clair , Australia's deepest lake.

Ascent

There are a number of hiking trails in the Cradle Mountain area. The mountain is frequently climbed by tourists all year round. From the car park at Dove Lake , the strenuous walk (including the way back) takes 6.5 hours. The ascent over the rocky part requires climbing over large boulders for several hundred meters. During the ascent you should pay particular attention to the weather, which can quickly deteriorate in this area at any time. From the summit you have a spectacular panoramic view of Dove Lake, Barn Bluff and Mount Ossa .

Details

The mountain rises above glacier- sculpted lakes Dove Lake, Lake Wilks, and Crater Lake .

It has four peaks. In order of height, these are:

  • Cradle Mountain - 1,545 m
  • Smithies Peak - 1,527 m
  • Weindorfers Tower - 1,459 m
  • Little Horn - 1,355 m

The mountain was (Engl. 1827 by Joseph Fossey for its resemblance to a weighing cradle ) named.

flora

The area is covered with diverse alpine and sub-alpine vegetation, e.g. B. the colorful summer beech ( Nothofagus gunnii ) and the button grass ( Gymnoschoenus spherocephalus ), which dominates the moist, alpine sour grass meadows . The summer beech is a specialty as the Australian flora is mostly evergreen. Other plants on the mountain are heart berries, alpine strawberries, telopea , sickle-shaped scale spruce and cypress-like scale spruce .

Access to the park and the region

There is a parking lot at Ronny Creek , the outflow of Lake Dove, about 5 miles from the National Park Visitor Center. A shuttle bus has been set up to the visitor center.

In addition to the possibility of getting there with your own car or a hike on the Overland Track, there is also long-distance bus transport from Launceston and Devonport . Many private bus tours also stop at the visitor center.

Web links and sources

Commons : Cradle Mountain  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Overland Track . Tasmanian Parks & Wildlife Service, Department of Primary Industries and Water. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
  2. Tim Dub: Cradle Mountain: past and present . Australian Geographic Online ( Memento of the original dated December 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.australiangeographic.com.au
  3. Megan Holbeck: Top 10 Australian Walks . Australian Geographic Online. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 10, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.australiangeographic.com.au
  4. a b c d Cradle Mountain and surrounding peaks . In: LISTmap - Land Information System Tasmania . Tasmanian Government Department of Primary Industries and Water. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
  5. ^ The Age : Cradle Mountain . Article dated February 8, 2004, accessed March 11, 2016.
  6. ^ John Cannon: Cradle Mountain . In: The Companion to Tasmanian History. Retrieved March 11, 2016.