Mount Huxley (Tasmania)
| Mount Huxley | ||
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| height | 926 m | |
| location | Tasmania | |
| Mountains | West Coast Range | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ S , 145 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Mount Huxley is a mountain in the west of the Australian state of Tasmania . It lies in the middle of the West Coast Range and was named in 1863 by Charles Gould after Professor Thomas Henry Huxley .
Mount Huxley is a lower summit of the West Coast Range, but on its south side it has an approximately 200 m high, rocky summit structure above the gorge of the King River a little west of the Crotty Dam . Parts of it are visible from the West Coast Wilderness Railway as it begins its tour along the King River.
location
The mountain lies north of the King River and Crotty Dam gorge and also north of Mount Jukes . To the east, the Tofft River and the Thureau Hills connect , as does Lake Burbury . To the north of Mount Huxley are Mount Owen and the city of Queenstown .
Access
The normal route climbs the mountain from the north towards the southern suburbs of Queenstown. The south flank is rocky and plunges into the gorge of the King River.
Web links
West Coast Range . Google Maps
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- Geoffrey Blainey: The Peaks of Lyell , 6th Edition, St. David's Park Publishing, Hobart 2000, ISBN 0-7246-2265-9 .
- Crawford, Patsy: King: Story of a River . Montpelier Press, 2000, ISBN 1-876597-02-X .
- Charles Whitham: Western Tasmania - A land of riches and beauty , Reprint 2003. Edition, Municipality of Queenstown, Queenstown 2003.
- Edition 2003 - Queenstown: Municipality of Queenstown.
- 1949 edition - Hobart: Davies Brothers. OCLC 48825404
- 1924 edition - Queenstown: Mount Lyell Tourist Association. OCLC 35070001
map
Tasmania 1:25 000: Owen, sheet 3833. 2nd edition (2001)