Mount Dundas (Tasmania)

Mount Dundas
Mount Dundas Location in Tasmania
Highest point
Elevation	1,143 m (3,750 ft) ^[1]
Coordinates	41°53′24″S 145°28′12″E / 41.89000°S 145.47000°E / -41.89000; 145.47000 (Mount Dundas)Coordinates: 41°53′24″S 145°28′12″E / 41.89000°S 145.47000°E / -41.89000; 145.47000 (Mount Dundas) ^[2]
Geography
Location	Western Tasmania, Australia
Parent range	West Coast Range
Geology
Age of rock	Jurassic

Mount Dundas is a mountain located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia. The mountain is situated at the north west edge of the West Coast Range.^[3]

As colourful a history as that of Mount Lyell, Mount Dundas has had a range of mines^[4] and railways such as the North East Dundas Tramway within its vicinity.

The name is also incorporated into the name of the major newspaper of the west coast, the Zeehan and Dundas Herald.

The main copper and gold ore bearing deposits in the West Coast Range are known as occurring in the 'Mount Read Volcanics' relating to the complex geology of the area, and also silver at Mount Dundas.^[5]

References

↑ "Mount Dundas, Australia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
↑ "Mount Dundas (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
↑ Baillie, Peter (2010). "The West Coast Range, Tasmania: Mountains and Geological Giants" (PDF). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania (reprint ed.) (Hobart, Tasmania: University of Tasmania) 144: 1–13. ISSN 0080-4703. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
↑ "The Dundas Silverfield". Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954) (Broken Hill, NSW: National Library of Australia). 30 August 1890. p. 2. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
↑ "The Mount Dundas Silver Field". Tasmanian News (Hobart, Tas. : 1883 - 1911) (Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia). 6 May 1890. p. 3. Retrieved 16 June 2015.

Blainey, Geoffrey (2000). The Peaks of Lyell (6th ed.). Hobart: St. David's Park Publishing. ISBN 0-7246-2265-9.
Whitham, Charles. Western Tasmania: A Land of Riches and Beauty.
- 2003 edition - Queenstown: Municipality of Queenstown.
- 1949 edition - Hobart: Davies Brothers. OCLC 48825404; ASIN B000FMPZ80
- 1924 edition - Queenstown: Mount Lyell Tourist Association. OCLC 35070001; ASIN B0008BM4XC

Mountains in Tasmania, Australia

Ben Lomond Range

Legges Tor (1,572 m or 5,157 ft)
Giblin Peak (1,569 m or 5,148 ft)
Markham Heights (1,542 m or 5,059 ft)
Hamilton Crags (1,540 m or 5,052 ft)
Stacks Bluff (1,527 m or 5,010 ft)
Misery Bluff (1,520 m or 4,987 ft)
Ossian’s Throne (1,498 m or 4,915 ft)
Coalmine Crag (1,498 m or 4,915 ft)
Magnet Crag (1,464 m or 4,803 ft)

Du Cane Range

unnamed peak (1,520 m or 4,987 ft)
Geryon North (1,516 m or 4,974 ft)
Massif (1,514 m or 4,967 ft)
Geryon South (1,509 m or 4,951 ft)
Gould (1,485 m or 4,872 ft)
Castle Crag (1,482 m or 4,862 ft)
Thetis (1,482 m or 4,862 ft)
The Acropolis (1,481 m or 4,859 ft)

Eldon Range

Eldon Peak (1,440 m or 4,724 ft)
Eldon Bluff

Great Western Tiers

Ironstone (1,443 m or 4,734 ft)

Pelion Range

Ossa (1,614 m or 5,295 ft)
Pelion West (1,560 m or 5,118 ft)
Pelion East (1,461 m or 4,793 ft)

Wellington Range

Kunanyi / Wellington (1,269 m or 4,163 ft)

West Coast Range

Murchison (1,275 m or 4,183 ft)
Jukes (1,168 m or 3,832 ft)
Sedgwick (1,147 m or 3,763 ft)
Owen (1,146 m or 3,760 ft)
Sorell (1,144 m or 3,753 ft)
Dundas (1,143 m or 3,750 ft)
Read (1,124 m or 3,688 ft)
Proprietary Peak (1,103 m or 3,619 ft)
Hamilton (1,103 m or 3,619 ft)
Darwin (1,031 m or 3,383 ft)

Tyndall	Geikie (1,191 m or 3,907 ft) Tyndall (1,179 m or 3,868 ft)

Sticht	unnamed peak (1,080 m or 3,543 ft)

Not in a defined range

Frenchmans Cap (1,446 m or 4,744 ft)

Western region of Tasmania, Australia

Cities
and other settlements

Queenstown

Crotty

Darwin

Dundas

Gormanston

Guildford

Linda

Pillinger

Regatta Point

Rosebery

Strahan

Tullah

Waratah

Williamsford

Zeehan

Governance

Mountains

West
Coast
Range

Tyndall	Geikie Tyndall

Eldon	Eldon Peak

Engineer	unnamed peak

Raglan	unnamed peak

Sticht	unnamed peak

National parks

Rivers

Lakes

Dams

Power stations

Transport

Railways	Emu Bay Macquarie Heads breakwater Melba Mount Dundas – Zeehan North East Dundas North Mount Lyell Strahan–Zeehan Wee Georgie Wood West Coast Wilderness

Locomotives and rolling stock	TGR G class (1896) TGR K class

Railway stations and former railway stations	Queenstown Regatta Point Zeehan

Landmarks

Natural	Birchs Inlet Cape Sorell Darwin Crater Granville Harbour Hells Gates Iron Blow Kelly Basin Linda Valley Macquarie Harbour Montezuma Falls Nelson Falls Ocean Beach Trial Harbour

Man-made	Cape Sorell Lighthouse Galley Museum Queenstown Oval

People of note

Mining

Books and newspapers

other

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Mount Dundas (Tasmania)

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