Mount Tyndall (Tasmania)
| Mount Tyndall | ||
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| height | 1179 m | |
| location | Tasmania | |
| Mountains | West Coast Range | |
| Coordinates | 41 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ S , 145 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Mount Tyndall is a mountain in the west of the Australian state of Tasmania . It is located in the north of the West Coast Range . The surrounding highlands are called the Tyndall Range and are at the northern end of a huge boulder north of Mount Sedgwick . There are also a number of glacial lakes, e.g. B. Lake Westwood and Lake Dora .
The mountain was named after the Irish scientist and climber John Tyndall .
Web links
West Coast Range . Google Maps
literature
- 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
- ^ Haast, Julius: Notes on the Mountains and Glaciers of the Canterbury Province, New Zealand . In: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London . 34, 1864, pp. 87-96. JSTOR 1798467 1798467 . doi : 10.2307 / 1798467 .