Pelion Range
| Pelion Range | ||
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 Pelion Range from Mount Oakleigh |
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| Highest peak | Mount Ossa ( 1617 m ) | |
| location | Tasmania | |
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| Coordinates | 41 ° 50 ′ S , 146 ° 2 ′ E | |
| rock | Diabase | |
| Age of the rock | law | |
The Pelion Range is a mountain range in the center of the Australian state of Tasmania . It is in the center of the Cradle Mountain Lake St. Clair National Park .
Naming
The mountain was named after the Pelion (ger .: Pelion ) in Greece named.
Details
The Overland Track crosses the mountains in the Pelion Gap . Many peaks of Tasmania's highest mountains can be reached from here, e.g. B. Mount Ossa , Tasmania's highest mountain, Mount Pelion East at No. 16 on the altitude ranking and Mount Pelion West at No. 3 on the altitude ranking.
The mountains are mainly made up of diabase , which arose in the Jurassic period .
Web links
Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area . Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service
literature
H. Gee & J. Fenton (Editors): The South West Book - A Tasmanian Wilderness . Australian Conservation Foundation. Hawthorn VIC 1978. ISBN 0858020548 (paperback)