Prince of Wales Range (Tasmania)

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Prince of Wales Range
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Geography
Country Australia
State Tasmania
Region South West Wilderness
Range coordinates 42°32′S146°00′E / 42.533°S 146.000°E / -42.533; 146.000

The Prince of Wales Range is a mountain range in the South West Wilderness, Tasmania, Australia. It is situated north and parallel to the Denison River. It lies to the west of Lake Gordon, and southeast of Frenchmans Cap.

It is considered a difficult range to traverse, and is particularly difficult to access. [1]

The first known traverse of the range was by Reg Williams and Olegas Truchanas in 1963 [2]

Named peaks in the range include:

Notes

  1. http://david-noble.net/Tasmania/POW77/POWmenu.html Dave Nobles record of 1977 Traverse, http://david-noble.net/Tasmania/POW81/PrinceOfWalesMenu.html Dave Nobles record of 1981 Traverse
  2. Chapman, John (2008), South west Tasmania (5th ed.), John Chapman, ISBN   978-1-920995-03-4 page 219
  3. Originally named Mt YopYop by Reg Williams, but known as Olegas Bluff

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