Mount Buggery (Alpine Shire, Victoria)

Not to be confused with Mount Buggery (Wangaratta, Victoria).
Mount Buggery

Mount Buggery and Crosscut Saw from Mount Speculation
Highest point
Elevation 1,583–1,598 m (5,194–5,243 ft) AHD[1][2]
Coordinates 37°08′35″S 146°38′27″E / 37.14306°S 146.64083°E / -37.14306; 146.64083Coordinates: 37°08′35″S 146°38′27″E / 37.14306°S 146.64083°E / -37.14306; 146.64083[3][4]
Geography
Mount Buggery

Victoria, Australia

Parent range Great Dividing Range

Mount Buggery is a mountain located in the Alpine Shire within the Alpine National Park in the alpine region of Victoria, Australia. The mountain is located on the end of a ridgeline known as the Crosscut Saw between Mount Speculation and Mount Howitt, both located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the south of Mount Buggery.[1][3]

The summit of Mount Buggery rises in the range of 1,583–1,598 metres (5,194–5,243 ft) above sea level.[1][2]

Etymology

There is circumstantial evidence that the mountain was named by a member of the Melbourne Walking Club who, during 1934, hiked along the BucklandBuffalo watershed to Mount Selwyn, and then onto the Barry Mountains to Mount Speculation, followed the Crosscut Saw to Mount Howitt and finished at Merrijig via the Howqua River. Other members of the hiking party and within the Melbourne Walking Club started using the name and it eventually appeared on maps and official acceptance followed.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mount Buggery". Mapcarta. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Map of Mount Buggery, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Buggery". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  4. "Mount Buggery: 11818". Vicnames. Victorian Government. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  5. Budge, Alan (1992). "No end to walking". The Melbourne Walker (extract). Retrieved 11 July 2014.

Further reading


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