Mount Tyndall (Tasmania)

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Mount Tyndall
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Mount Tyndall
Location in Tasmania
Highest point
Elevation 1,179 m (3,868 ft)
Coordinates 41°55′48″S145°35′24″E / 41.93000°S 145.59000°E / -41.93000; 145.59000 Coordinates: 41°55′48″S145°35′24″E / 41.93000°S 145.59000°E / -41.93000; 145.59000 [1]
Geography
Location Western Tasmania, Australia
Parent range West Coast Range
Geology
Age of rock Jurassic
Mountain type Dolerite

Mount Tyndall is a mountain that is part of the Tyndall Range, a spur off the West Coast Range, located in the Western region of Tasmania, Australia.

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The mountain was named in 1877 by James Reid Scott on the suggestion of Thomas Bather Moore in honour of Professor John Tyndall, a Fellow of the Geological Society who made important contributions in physics, atmospheric science and geology. [2] [3]

The area is at the northern end of a block of mountains that are north of Mount Sedgwick.

Located at the base of the mountain are a number of glacial lakes, most notably Lake Westwood and Lake Dora. The mountain lies southeast of the Henty Gold Mine, and Hydro Tasmania dam on the Henty River; and south of Lake Mackintosh, Lake Murchison and Tullah.

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References

  1. ↑ "Mount Tyndall (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  2. ↑ 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. doi:10.26749/rstpp.144.1. ISSN   0080-4703. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Haast, Julius (1864). "Notes on the Mountains and Glaciers of the Canterbury Province, New Zealand". Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London . 34: 87–96. doi:10.2307/1798467. JSTOR   1798467.

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