Mount Anne

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Mount Anne
Mount Anne, Mount Eliza, and the Eliza Plateau from Scotts Peak Dam Road

Mount Anne, Mount Eliza, and the Eliza Plateau from Scotts Peak Dam Road

height 1423  m
location Tasmania
Coordinates 42 ° 56 '31 "  S , 146 ° 25' 26"  E Coordinates: 42 ° 56 '31 "  S , 146 ° 25' 26"  E
Mount Anne (Tasmania)
Mount Anne
rock Diabase / dolomite
Age of the rock law
particularities highest point in Southwest National Park

The Mount Anne is a mountain in the southern Australian state of Tasmania . It is located in the Tasmanian wilderness , an area that is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site .

Mount Anne ranks 19th in the series of tallest mountains in Tasmania, making it the highest point in the Southwest National Park , on the northern edge of which it lies. The mountain dominates the area around Lake Pedder .

geology

The mountain consists primarily of a diabase structure , but it has a dolomite substructure and contains an extensive cave system. There is also the famous Anna-a-Kananda Cave , one of the deepest caves in Australia. Quite a few speleologists already found their deaths while exploring the cave.

Mount Anne from the High Camp Shelf, with vegetation from the Gondwana period

vegetation

On its northeast spur, Mount Anne has great vegetation from the Gondwana period . These include some of the oldest plant species on our planet.

history

Mount Anne was named by George Frankland in 1835 after his wife Georgina Anne . Henry Judd reached the plateau of Mount Anne from the Huon River valley in 1880. On December 25, 1929, Walter Crookall and Geoff Chapman , members of the Hobart Walking Club, were the first to find a way to the top. The day-long hike from Maydena or Huonville turned into a day trip when Scotts Peak Dam Road was completed in 1970 .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bill Wilkonson: The Abels: Tasmania's mountains over 1100 m high . Regal Publications. Launceston TAS 1994. ISBN 0949457671 . Pp. 39-40, 43 Table B
  2. ↑ Australian Caver 105 (1984), Anne-A-Kananda of Mount Anne Tasmania + Map
  3. ^ A b John Chapman: South West Tasmania , ISBN 978-1-920995-03-4 .
  4. ^ A b John Cannon: Mount Anne . Center for Tasmanian Historical Studies. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
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360 ° panorama from the summit of Mount Anne

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