Mount Pelion West
Mount Pelion West | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,560 m (5,120 ft)[1][2] |
Prominence | 469 m (1,539 ft)[2] |
Isolation | 6.35 km (3.95 mi)[2] |
Coordinates | 41°49′48″S 145°58′12″E / 41.83000°S 145.97000°E[3] |
Geography | |
Location in Tasmania | |
Location | Dolerite |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | One day return from Pelion Hut, via the Overland Track |
Mount Pelion West is a
Mount Pelion West is the fourth highest mountain in Tasmania with an elevation of 1,560 metres (5,120 ft) above sea level[1][2] and is one of only eight mountains in the state which are over 1,500 metres (4,900 ft).[4]
Mountain location
The mountain summit is at grid reference 152682 UTM Zone 55S and high resolution topographical information is available on
Ascending
Keith Ernest Lancaster, an early bushwalking and mountain climbing pioneer, climbed Mount Pelion West on 30 January 1946 by enduring a slow and painful crawl through sections of the sharp and prickly Richea scoparia that frequently inhabits alpine areas around Tasmanian mountains. Lancaster referred to Mount Pelion West as one of "The Giants of the Reserve". In his account of his climb Lancaster mentions "the confusion of the enormous boulders" on the top of the mountain.[5]
On the Achilles Tasmap is marked the approximate location of a walking track to climb the mountain along its northeastern spur. The unmarked track start is approximately 250 metres (820 ft) east of the Pelion Creek crossing on the Overland Track and is in between two logs that are perpendicular to the Overland Track. This mountain is much more difficult to climb than either
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See also
References
- ^ a b "LISTmap (Mount Pelion West)". Tasmanian Government Department of Primary Industries and Water. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
- ^ a b c d "Mount Pelion West, Australia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ^ "Mount Pelion West (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- ^ "Height of major Mountains, Tasmania". Australian Bureau of Statistics. January 1946. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ^ Lancaster, Keith. "CLIMBING THE GIANTS IN THE HEART OF THE CRADLE MT. - LAKE ST. CLAIR SCENIC RESERVE". Keith Lancaster's Mountaineering Diaries. Dirk Veltkamp. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ The Overland Track Tasmania Parks & Wildlife Service