King William Range
| King William Range | ||
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| Highest peak | Mount King William II. ( 1361 m ) | |
| location | Tasmania , Australia | |
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| Coordinates | 42 ° 18 ′ S , 146 ° 9 ′ E | |
The King William Range are a mountain range in the center of the Australian state of Tasmania . The mountain range is located on the northeast corner of Franklin Gordon Wild Rivers National Park , southwest of Lake King William .
It consists of three mountains, Mount King William I , 1,324 m high, in the north on the Lyell Highway (A10), Mount King William II , 1,361 m high, in the middle and Mount King William III. , 1172 m high, in the south.
Mount King William I. marks the entry of the Lyell Highway into the uninhabited area between Franklin Gordon Wild Rivers National Park and Cradle Mountain Lake St. Clair National Park . The mountains and the lake were named after three Dutch kings by Sir John Franklin on his expedition in 1842.
William Piguenit (1836–1914) painted the mountain range in the 1880s.