Mount Darwin (Tasmania)
| Mount Darwin | ||
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| height | 1031 m | |
| location | Tasmania | |
| Mountains | West Coast Range | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ S , 145 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Mount Darwin is a mountain in the west of the Australian state of Tasmania . It is located at the southern end of the West Coast Range and was named after Charles Darwin .
location
On the eastern flank of the mountain is the ghost town of Darwin . The Andrew River rises on its northern slopes. North of Mount Darwin is Mount Jukes , while Mount Sorell adjoins it to the west.
Mining
On Mount Darwin there are long-abandoned short tunnels and shallow depressions in which gold was previously mined. They belong to the Jukes-Darwin Field .
Access
The mountain has a plateau and old mine roads that lead to some of the older prospecting sites.
In the 1970s, four-wheel drive vehicles could drive to the top of Mount Darwin. The paths also lead over into the valley of the Clark River , which lies between Mount Darwin and Mount Sorell. And some paths were also laid out on the range of hills on the southern flank of Mount Jukes.
Web links
- West Coast Range . Google Maps
- John Russell Ashton (1925–2003): Engineer Range Camp, Mount Darwin in the background, Hydro-Electric Commission expedition to the Franklin River, Tasmania, c. 1958. Digital Collection Pictures. National Library of Australia
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- Blainey, Geoffrey: The Peaks of Lyell , 6th Edition, St. David's Park Publishing, Hobart 2000, ISBN 0-7246-2265-9 .
- Charles Whitham: Western Tasmania: A Land of Riches and Beauty.
- Edition 2003 - Queenstown: Municipality of Queenstown.
- 1949 edition - Hobart: Davies Brothers. OCLC 48825404
- 1924 edition - Queenstown: Mount Lyell Tourist Association. OCLC 35070001
Individual evidence
- ↑ Darwin [maps] / Tasmanian Geological Survey. (2001) Digital Geological Atlas 1:25 000; Sheet 3832. (E 145 ° 33'-E 145 ° 46 '/ S 42 ° 10'-S 42 ° 15') Geological relief map of the Mount Darwin region